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Alex Adam
Alex Adam

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Create custom VSCode shortcuts and code snippets

#vscode #react #typescript #snippets

Keyboard Shortcuts

on Linux, go to:

File -> Preferences -> KeyboardShortcuts -> Open Keyboard Shortcuts JSON (top-right icon)
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On Mac:

Code -> Preferences -> KeyboardShortcuts -> Open Keyboard Shortcuts JSON (top-right icon)
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Then add custom key bindings like this:

Ctrl+D to duplicate line / selection:

{ "key": "ctrl+d", "command": "editor.action.duplicateSelection" }
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Ctrl+Shift+L to insert a console.log with the selected text:

{ "key": "ctrl+shift+l", "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet", "when": "editorTextFocus", "args": { "snippet": "console.log('${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}$1')$2;" } }
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Or Ctrl+Shift+L to insert a console.log with the clipboard's content:

{ "key": "ctrl+shift+l", "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet", "when": "editorTextFocus", "args": { "snippet": "console.log('${CLIPBOARD}', ${CLIPBOARD})" } }
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More useful variables: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_variables

Code Snippets

To add some React Component code snippets, on Linux, go to:

File -> Preferences -> Configure User Snippets -> search for TypescriptReact
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On Mac:

Code -> Preferences -> Configure User Snippets -> search for TypescriptReact
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Then paste this in the json file:

 "New React Component": { "prefix": ["react-component", "rc"], "body": ["const ${1} = () => {\n\treturn (\n\t\t<div>\n\n\t\t\n\t)\n}\n\nexport default ${1}"], "description": "New React Component" }, "New React Component With Props": { "prefix": ["react-component-props", "rcp"], "body": ["interface I${1}Props {\n\t\n}\n\nconst ${1} = (props: I${1/(.*)/${1:/capitalize}/}Props) => {\n\treturn (\n\t\t<div>\n\n\t\t\n\t)\n}\n\nexport default ${1}"], "description": "New React Component With Props" }
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To use the snippets, open a tsx file and type react or rcp -> you'll see the snippets' names in the auto-complete pop-up.

Code output example (you can edit the component's name)

const Comp1 = () => { return ( <div> </div>  ) } export default Comp1 // and interface IComp2Props { } const Comp2 = (props: IComp2Props) => { return ( <div> </div>  ) } export default Comp2
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More: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets

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