- In Emmet 2, CSS abbreviations are enhanced with dynamic color snippets: you can type, for example, #f.5 to quickly get rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5). Disable abbreviation capturing To fine tune automatic abbreviation capturing, go to Preferences Package Settings Emmet Settings menu item and update automark option.
- No more typing the same phrase again. Organize frequently used text snippets. Expand abbreviations as you type. Auto-complete often used phrases. Generate entire documents with a few clicks. Quick access to the Windows Clipboard History. Learn more New in v14.
- AutoText typing assistant that works in any software. Jitbit AutoText is an automatic typing software - it autotypes the same text snippet over and over with less keystrokes. Think of it as a Text Expander for Windows.
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Remember that old saying that humans only use 10 percent of their brains? If that’s true, we must be using even less of our Macs’ brains. We wind up typing the same things over and over—your name and address in a form, your email address, directions to your house, your phone number, your preferred email sign-off—when we should let our Mac handle it instead. That’s where Rocket Typist comes in.
How do you save and recall commonly used text clips?
Rocket Typist is a new Mac app that lets you save snippets of text that will expand when you type a shortcut. If you already use the wonderful TextExpander app by Smile Software, this probably sounds familiar, and it should.
Well, Rocket Typist is a standalone product, it stores all your snippets locally, and it was just added to Setapp, giving you even more value for your Setapp subscription. We think you’re going to love how much time it’ll save you.
Why you need Rocket Typist
Everyone has to type things, and most of us wind up typing a lot of the same things again and again. Your name, your phone number, your address, email, but that’s only scratching the surface. You could keep snippets for the answers to questions you get a lot, the template of a report you have to compile every week, code snippets you use frequently, words you’re constantly misspelling, or for anything you find yourself copying-and-pasting a lot.
Think of Rocket Typist like a permanent clipboard, and use text expansion in your daily workflow - save your frequently used texts and templates to boost your productivity.
What about security? This text expander stores all your snippets locally, so nothing is sent up to the cloud. That means you could use it to store sensitive info that’s hard to remember, like your children’s social security numbers—but if you do, you should also keep your Mac encrypted with FileVault and be sure to use a strong passcode. (If you use a password manager like 1Password, that’s an even better place to store secure info like that, since security is a password manager’s main mission.)
Four ways to use this text expansion app
Rocket Typist hangs out in your menubar, and it’s actually quite flexible in how you can use it.
Store snippets to access manually.
You can simply store text snippets in Rocket Typist’s Snippet Editor, and access them manually by clicking the rocket icon in the menubar.
There, you can search for your snippet, and click it to copy it your clipboard. Then you can paste it anywhere you like.
You can also find snippets with Spotlight, or set up a key command to open the menubar menu in the Preferences.
Auto-paste snippets.
If you’d like those copied snippets to auto-paste into your document as soon as they hit your clipboard, head to the Preferences, click the Auto-Paste tab, and check the box to Enable Auto-Paste. The sound is optional.
Set abbreviations.
The typing shortcut option makes Rocket Typist tremendously useful. Instead of having to search for and select your snippet manually, you can create a text expansion rule. Then you can just type the abbreviation, and the snippet will appear automatically.
To turn this on, head to the Preferences, click the Abbreviations tab, and check the box to Enable Abbreviations. After you type an abbreviation, you need to hit one more key to make it expand to the full snippet, and you can choose the space bar, Tab key, or Return.
This feature allows you to automatically fill frequently used long sentences with short abbreviations or keyboard shortcuts.
Exclude applications.
For your abbreviations, you should pick a string that would never appear naturally in a word. I like to just add an X to the end, so for example, to type my address, I use the abbreviation addx.
But if I found myself accidentally typing that in another application (maybe data entry, or when playing a game), Rocket Typist lets you exclude applications from your abbreviations in Preferences > Abbreviations.
How to make your text snippets smarter
Open the Snippet Editor, and when you’re composing a new snippet, you can click the little magic wand button at the top-right for more options. They let you set up more complex snippets that you can use as templates for email replies, reports, and more.
- Date and time. You can add a placeholder for the date and time, and then format exactly how you want it to look. Then when you expand that snippet, the current date and time are filled in just how you like them.
- Placeholder text. You can also have placeholder text, which you’re then prompted to replace when you expand the snippet. For example, you could set up a snippet as a reply to an email, keeping the opening and closing chit-chat the same, and just inserting some custom text into the body to answer the person’s real question.
- Clipboard content. Maybe you get a lot of emails that require you to look something up. You’d probably copy the info, and then paste it into a reply, right? Rocket Typist lets you save the template for that reply as a snippet, and then use the Clipboard Content option to auto-paste in whatever is currently on the clipboard.
- Images. Your snippets can even contain images, so your email signature could have your company’s logo, or you could just keep a recent image of your kids handy to send to people who ask after them. Just drag images into the Snippet Editor.
Give Rocket Typist a spin, and we think you'll be impressed with how much time and effort it can save you.
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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.
How to expand Emmet abbreviations and snippets
Emmet abbreviation and snippet expansions are enabled by default in
html
, haml
, pug
, slim
, jsx
, xml
, xsl
, css
, scss
, sass
, less
and stylus
files, as well as any language that inherits from any of the above like handlebars
and php
.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.
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Using Tab for Emmet expansions
If 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 disabled
If you have disabled the
editor.quickSuggestions
Permute 3 1 9 x 2. setting, you won't see suggestions as you type. You can still trigger suggestions manually by pressing ⌃Space (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Space) and see the preview.Disable Emmet in suggestions
If 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
editor.emmet.action.expandAbbreviation
as well.Emmet suggestion ordering
To ensure Emmet suggestions are always on top in the suggestion list, add the following settings:
Emmet abbreviations in other file types
To enable the Emmet abbreviation expansion in file types where it is not available by default, use the
emmet.includeLanguages
setting. Make sure to use language identifiers for both sides of the mapping.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.
Note: If you used
emmet.syntaxProfiles
previously to map new file types, from VS Code 1.15 onwards you should use the setting emmet.includeLanguages
instead. emmet.syntaxProfiles
is meant for customizing the final output only.Emmet with multi-cursors
You can use most of the Emmet actions with multi-cursors as well:
Include vendor prefixes
Prefix your CSS abbreviations with
-
to get all applicable vendor prefixes included in the expanded abbreviation.Below are a few examples of how you can control which vendors get applied to which CSS property by updating the
emmet.preferences
setting: Amarra luxe 4 3 510 cc.![Typed Typed](https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.enjin.com/450037/site_logo/avatar.png)
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- Setting the preference to a comma separated list of CSS properties will ensure that the corresponding prefix gets added only to those CSS properties.
- Setting the preference to an empty string will ensure that the corresponding prefix doesn't get added to any CSS property.
- Setting the preference to null will ensure that the default CSS properties for each vendor as documented in Emmet Preferences get used.
Using filters
Filters 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
emmet.syntaxProfiles
setting or directly in the current abbreviation.Below is an example of the first approach using the
emmet.syntaxProfiles
setting to apply the bem
filter for all the abbreviations in HTML files:To provide a filter for just the current abbreviation, append the filter to your abbreviation. For example,
div#page|c
will apply the comment
filter to the div#page
abbreviation.BEM filter (bem)
If you use the Block Element Modifier (BEM) way of writing HTML, then
bem
filters are very handy for you to use. To learn more about how to use bem
filters, read BEM filter in Emmet.You can customize this filter by using the
bem.elementSeparator
and bem.modifierSeparator
preferences as documented in Emmet Preferences.Comment filter (c)
This filter adds comments around important tags. By default, 'important tags' are those tags with id and/or class attribute.
For example
div>div#page>p.title+p|c
will be expanded to:You can customize this filter by using the
filter.commentTrigger
, filter.commentAfter
and filter.commentBefore
preferences as documented in Emmet Preferences.The format for the
filter.commentAfter
preference is different in VS Code Emmet 2.0.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 Individual Lines with Abbreviation command. It removes line markers from wrapped lines.
Using custom Emmet snippets
Custom Emmet snippets need to be defined in a json file named
snippets.json
. The emmet.extensionsPath
setting should have the path to the directory containing this file.Below is an example for the contents of this
snippets.json
file.Authoring of Custom Snippets in Emmet 2.0 via the
snippets.json
file differs from the old way of doing the same in a few ways:Topic | Old Emmet | Emmet 2.0 |
---|---|---|
Snippets vs Abbreviations | Supports both in 2 separate properties called snippets and abbreviations | The 2 have been combined into a single property called snippets. See default HTML snippets and CSS snippets |
CSS snippet names | Can contain : | Do not use : when defining snippet names. It is used to separate property name and value when Emmet tries to fuzzy match the given abbreviation to one of the snippets. |
CSS snippet values | Can end with ; | Do not add ; at end of snippet value. Emmet will add the trailing ; based on the file type (css/less/scss vs sass/stylus) or the emmet preference set for css.propertyEnd , sass.propertyEnd , stylus.propertyEnd |
Cursor location | ${cursor} or | can be used | Use only textmate syntax like ${1} for tab stops and cursor locations |
HTML Emmet snippets
HTML custom snippets are applicable to all other markup flavors like
haml
or pug
. When snippet value is an abbreviation and not actual HTML, the appropriate transformations can be applied to get the right output as per the language type.For example, for an unordered list with a list item, if your snippet value is
ul>li
, you can use the same snippet in html
, haml
, pug
or slim
, but if your snippet value is <ul><li></li></ul>
, then it will work only in html
files.If you want a snippet for plain text, then surround the text with the
{}
.CSS Emmet snippets
Values for CSS Emmet snippets should be a complete property name and value pair.
CSS custom snippets are applicable to all other stylesheet flavors like
scss
, less
or sass
. Therefore, don't include a trailing ;
at the end of the snippet value. Emmet will add it as needed based on whether the language requires it.Do not use
:
in the snippet name. :
is used to separate property name and value when Emmet tries to fuzzy match the abbreviation to one of the snippets.Note: After making changes to the
snippets.json
file, remember to reload VS Code for it to take effect.Tab stops and cursors in custom snippets
The syntax for tab stops in custom Emmet snippets follows the Textmate snippets syntax.
- Use
${1}
,${2}
for tab stops and${1:placeholder}
for tab stops with placeholders. - Previously,
|
or${cursor}
was used to denote the cursor location in the custom Emmet snippet. This is no longer supported. Use${1}
instead.
Emmet configuration
Below are Emmet settings that you can use to customize your Emmet experience in VS Code.
emmet.includeLanguages
Use this setting to add mapping between the language of your choice and one of the Emmet supported languages to enable Emmet in the former using the syntax of the latter. Make sure to use language ids for both sides of the mapping.For example: Calendarpro for google 2 2 3.emmet.excludeLanguages
If there is a language where you do not want to see Emmet expansions, add it in this setting which takes an array of language id strings.emmet.syntaxProfiles
See Emmet Customization of output profile to learn how you can customize the output of your HTML abbreviations.For example:emmet.variables
Customize variables used by Emmet snippets.For example:emmet.showExpandedAbbreviation
Controls the Emmet suggestions that show up in the suggestion/completion list.Setting Value Description never
Never show Emmet abbreviations in the suggestion list for any language. inMarkupAndStylesheetFilesOnly
Show Emmet suggestions only for languages that are purely markup and stylesheet based ('html', 'pug', 'slim', 'haml', 'xml', 'xsl', 'css', 'scss', 'sass', 'less', 'stylus'). always
Show Emmet suggestions in all Emmet supported modes as well as the languages that have a mapping in the emmet.includeLanguages
setting.Note: In thealways
mode, the new Emmet implementation is not context aware. For example, if you are editing a JavaScript React file, you will get Emmet suggestions not only when writing markup but also while writing JavaScript.emmet.showAbbreviationSuggestions
Shows possible emmet abbreviations as suggestions. It istrue
by default.For example, when you typeli
, you get suggestions for all emmet snippets starting withli
likelink
,link:css
,link:favicon
etc. This is helpful in learning Emmet snippets that you never knew existed unless you knew the Emmet cheatsheet by heart.Not applicable in stylesheets or whenemmet.showExpandedAbbreviation
is set tonever
.emmet.extensionsPath
Provide the location of the directory that houses thesnippets.json
file which in turn has your custom snippets.emmet.triggerExpansionOnTab
Set this to true to enable expanding Emmet abbreviations with Tab key. We use this setting to provide the appropriate fallback to provide indentation when there is no abbreviation to expand.emmet.showSuggestionsAsSnippets
If set totrue
, then Emmet suggestions will be grouped along with other snippets allowing you to order them as pereditor.snippetSuggestions
setting. Set this totrue
andeditor.snippetSuggestions
totop
, to ensure that Emmet suggestions always show up on top among other suggestions.emmet.preferences
You can use this setting to customize Emmet as documented in Emmet Preferences. The below customizations are currently supported:css.propertyEnd
css.valueSeparator
sass.propertyEnd
sass.valueSeparator
stylus.propertyEnd
stylus.valueSeparator
css.unitAliases
css.intUnit
css.floatUnit
bem.elementSeparator
bem.modifierSeparator
filter.commentBefore
filter.commentTrigger
filter.commentAfter
format.noIndentTags
format.forceIndentationForTags
profile.allowCompactBoolean
,css.webkitProperties
css.mozProperties
css.msProperties
css.oProperties
css.fuzzySearchMinScore
The format for thefilter.commentAfter
preference is different and simpler in Emmet 2.0.For example, instead of the older formatyou would useIf you want support for any of the other preferences as documented in Emmet Preferences, please log a feature request.
Next steps
Emmet is just one of the great web developer features in VS Code. Read on to find out about:
- HTML - VS Code supports HTML with IntelliSense, closing tags, and formatting.
- CSS - We offer rich support for CSS, SCSS and Less.
Common questions
Custom tags do not get expanded in the suggestion list
Custom tags when used in an expression like
MyTag>YourTag
or MyTag.someclass
do show up in the suggestion list. But when these are used on their own like MyTag
, they do not appear in the suggestion list. This is designed so to avoid noise in the suggestion list as every word is a potential custom tag.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 work?
HTML snippets ending with
+
like select+
and ul+
from the Emmet cheatsheet are not supported. This is a known issue in Emmet 2.0 Issue: emmetio/html-matcher#1. Workaround is to create your own custom Emmet snippets for such scenarios.Where can I set all the preferences as documented in Emmet preferences
You can set the preferences using the setting
emmet.preferences
. Only a subset of the preferences that are documented in Emmet preferences can be customized. Please read the preferences section under Emmet configuration.Rocket Typist 2 0 – Expand Typed Abbreviations Worksheets
Any tips and tricks?
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Of course!
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- In CSS abbreviations, when you use
:
, the left part is used to fuzzy match with the CSS property name and the right part is used to match with CSS property value. Take full advantage of this by using abbreviations likepos:f
,trf:rx
,fw:b
, etc. - Use the new command Emmet: Wrap Individual Lines with Abbreviation instead of Emmet: Wrap with Abbreviation when you want each selected line to be wrapped by a repeater in the given abbreviation. For example, use
ul>li*
to wrap selected lines in an unordered list with each line as a list item. - Explore all other Emmet features as documented in Emmet Actions.
- Don't hesitate to create your own custom Emmet snippets.