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Indrajeet Patil
Indrajeet Patil

Reputation: 4889

defaulting to using braces enclosing each case in switch statements in Visual Studio Code

In C++ or C#, it's generally a good practice to enclose each case within curly braces (e.g., see C# switch statement with curly braces for each case/default block within the switch statement?).

But Visual Studio Code defaults to creating a template that leaves them out.

What UI preferences can I change so that they are included by default?

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Edit: I am not interested in a debate about whether adding curly braces should always be done or not, but rather knowing how to change VS Code's UI for this context.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 220

Answers (2)

Indrajeet Patil
Indrajeet Patil

Reputation: 4889

Ended up slightly modifying @umitu's answer. Posting it here just in case someone else finds it useful as well:

  "switch2": {
    "prefix": "switch2",
    "body": "switch (${1:expression}) {\ncase ${2:/* constant-expression */}: {\n\t${3:/* code */}\n\t} break;\ncase ${4:/* constant-expression */}: {\n\t${5:/* code */}\n\t} break;\ndefault: {\n\t${6:/* code */}\n\t} break;\n}"
  }

And now the default snippet looks like the following:

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Upvotes: 0

umitu
umitu

Reputation: 3330

You should add a snippet by yourself. Select Command palette (F1) -> Preferences: Configure User Snippets -> C++ and add the following code.

    "switch2": {
        "prefix": "switch2",
        "body": "switch (${1:expression}) {\n\tcase ${2:/* constant-expression */}: {\n\t\t${3:/* code */}\n\t\tbreak;\n\t}\n\tdefault: {\n\t\tbreak;\n\t}\n}"
    }

Upvotes: 1

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