Support for Emmet snippets and expansion is built right into Visual Studio Code, no extension required. Emmet 2.0 has support for the majority of the Emmet Actions including expanding Emmet abbreviations and snippets. Show
How to expand Emmet abbreviations and snippetsEmmet abbreviation and snippet expansions are enabled by default in When you start typing an Emmet abbreviation, you will see the abbreviation displayed in the suggestion list. If you have the suggestion documentation fly-out open, you will see a preview of the expansion as you type. If you are in a stylesheet file, the expanded abbreviation shows up in the suggestion list sorted among the other CSS suggestions. Using Tab for Emmet expansionsIf you want to use the Tab key for expanding the Emmet abbreviations, add the following setting:
This setting allows using the Tab key for indentation when text is not an Emmet abbreviation. Emmet when quickSuggestions are disabledIf you have disabled the Disable Emmet in suggestionsIf you don't want to see Emmet abbreviations in suggestions at all, then use the following setting:
You can still use the command Emmet: Expand Abbreviation to expand your abbreviations. You can also bind any keyboard shortcut to the command id Emmet suggestion orderingTo ensure Emmet suggestions are always on top in the suggestion list, add the following settings:
Emmet abbreviations in other file typesTo enable the Emmet abbreviation expansion in file types where it is not available by default, use the For example:
Emmet has no knowledge of these new languages, and so there might be Emmet suggestions showing up in non HTML/CSS contexts. To avoid this, you can use the following setting.
Emmet with multi-cursorsYou can use most of the Emmet actions with multi-cursors as well: Using filtersFilters are special post-processors that modify the expanded abbreviation before it is output to the editor. There are 2 ways to use filters; either globally through the Below is an example of the first approach using the
To provide a filter for just the
current abbreviation, append the filter to your abbreviation. For example, BEM filter (bem)If you use the Block Element Modifier (BEM) way of writing HTML, then You can customize this filter by using the This filter adds comments around important tags. By default, "important tags" are those tags with id and/or class attribute. For example
You can customize this
filter by using the The format for the For example, instead of:
in VS Code, you would use a simpler:
Trim filter (t)This filter is applicable only when providing abbreviations for the Emmet: Wrap with Abbreviation command. It removes line markers from wrapped lines. Using custom Emmet snippetsCustom Emmet snippets need to be defined in a json file named Below is an
example for the contents of this
Authoring of Custom Snippets in Emmet 2.0 via the
HTML Emmet snippetsHTML custom snippets are applicable to all other markup flavors like For example, for an unordered list with a list item, if your snippet value is If you want a snippet for plain text, then surround the text with CSS Emmet snippetsValues for CSS Emmet snippets should be a complete property name and value pair. CSS custom snippets are applicable to all other stylesheet flavors like Do not use Tab stops and cursors in custom snippetsThe syntax for tab stops in custom Emmet snippets follows the Textmate snippets syntax.
Emmet configurationBelow are Emmet settings that you can use to customize your Emmet experience in VS Code.
Next stepsEmmet is just one of the great web developer features in VS Code. Read on to find out about:
TroubleshootingCustom tags do not get expanded in the suggestion listCustom tags when used in an expression like Add the following setting to enable expanding of Emmet abbreviations using tab which will expand custom tags in all cases.
My HTML snippets ending with + do not workHTML snippets ending with Abbreviations are failing to expandFirst, check if you're using custom snippets (if there is a If abbreviations are still failing to expand:
Where can I set all the preferences as documented in Emmet preferences?You can set the preferences using the setting Any tips and tricks?Of course!
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