Add programmatically selected snippet

[augb]

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• VSCode Version: 1.15.1
• OS Version: Win 10 Pro (64 bit)

I am able to invoke editor.action.insertSnippet programmatically; however, I would like to not require the user to select a snippet. Instead, I want to add a button that will invoke a predefined snippet on behalf of the user. Something along the lines of editor.action.insertSelectedSnippet.

[jrieken]

The insertSnippet-command accepts an argument which is either the name of a snippet or a snippet itself. So, either { snippet: "console.log($1)$0"} for an inline snippet or { langId: "csharp", name: "myFavSnippet" } referencing an existing snippet.

[augb]

This seems to be exactly what I need. Thank you.

[augb]

@jrieken Having had a few moments to review the docs (insertSnippet, SnippetString and full snippet syntax), I am not seeing this referenced (at least not as clearly as you did in reply). Would it be possible to update the documentation to be more explicit about this?

[jrieken]

Yeah, it is well-hidden in the snippets sections: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/userdefinedsnippets#_assign-keybindings-to-snippets