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Roger Gilbrat
Roger Gilbrat

Reputation: 3835

How to position the cursor caret in Xcode code snippets

Is it possible to specify where the cursor should be after inserting a code snippet in xcode 4? Is there a <# #> style marker for this? I'm having trouble finding good documentation on code snippets.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 1298

Answers (2)

Suragch
Suragch

Reputation: 512316

Here are a couple examples supplementing @rdougan's helpful answer. This is not exactly what the OP was asking in the question, but it is what I was looking for when I came here based on the title.

Custom Example

print("<#text#>")

gives you

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Standard Example

You can also observe any of the standard code snippets to see how they are made. Just click one of them in the code snippet area.

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which gives

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Reminder on how to add custom code snippets:

Write your code as normal in the code editor. Then highlight it and drag it into the code snippet window. A dialog box will pop up where you can give it a simple shortcut.

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Upvotes: 3

rdougan
rdougan

Reputation: 7225

You can just use <##>. It will show a "bubble" you can select, which isn't ideal, but it does move the cursor caret to that location.

Upvotes: 14

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