Question 161899 in Visual Studio Code Question posted in
View the official documentation.

How can I add custom suggestions in VS Code?

How do I add it so when I type a word lets say "key" it changes it into lets say "key hole" (dumb example I know) in VS Code?

I have tried looking in the settings and haven’t got any farther then that.

Tags:

3

Answers


  1. 0

    In the simple case of what you’ve shown above, you can just write a custom snippet. (see the Snippets: Configure User Snippets command in the command palette) Ex.

    {
    "key": {
        "prefix": "key",
        "body": "key hole",
        // "scope": "java" // uncomment to make it only apply for Java files
    }
}

    I don’t think suggestions (outside of snippets) are configurable with vanilla (no extensions) VS Code aside from writing or using an extension that facilitates that.

    Login or Signup to reply.
  2. 0

    snippets can be used if you have complex text segments with fields.

    if you just want text replacement have a look at

    Complete from File

    Login or Signup to reply.
  3. 0

    My Code Actions

    It can also serve as an alternative to fixed text snippets. You can construct a number of include/import statements at the start of a new file for the actions that do not have a diagnostics property.

    Create your own snippets can also helpful.

    Login or Signup to reply.
Please signup or login to give your own answer.

Back To Top
Search