Automatically add a code snippet when a file is created in Visual Studio Code

Question

Is there some way to add a code snippet to a file when it is created based on the file type/extension. I want to add header guards when I created a new C++ header file. Example:

#ifndef DIRECTORY_FILENAME_H
#define DIRECTORY_FILENAME_H

#endif // DIRECTORY_FILENAME_H

I've already created a code snippet that adds this text, but I can't figure out how to add this automatically when a file is created.

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-13 15:07:30Z

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https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Gruntfuggly.auto-snippet

Example:

autoSnippet.snippets: [
    { "pattern": "ut-*.cpp", "snippet": "ut-template",
    { "pattern": "*.h", "snippet": "header-template" },
    { "pattern": "*.cpp", "snippet": "body-template",
    { "language": "javascript", "snippet": "template", "commands":"[ editor.action.commentLine" ] }
]

answered Jun 13, 2019 at 15:07

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Sam Over a year ago

Go to Preferences: Configure User Snippets to configure snippets for this.

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