Snippets not working as expected in 4107

[schuette]

Description

After updating to new version, snippets with the same tabTrigger are being ignored except for the last one alphabetically.

Steps to reproduce

1. Install these 4 snippets - https://share.getcloudapp.com/jkuPg97Q
2. Type div and hit tab key

Expected behavior

<div class="name"></div>

Actual behavior

<div id="name"></div>

Environment

• Build: 4107
• Operating system and version: [macOS 10.15.7

[deathaxe]

They are still there:

Two things have changed:

1. Auto completion now respects "auto_complete_selector" under all circumstances. Normal text.html scope (as part of text) is not part of the completion selector. Thus auto completion popup doesn't show up automatically while typing.
2. The functions insert_best_completion and replace_completion_with_next_completion (the latter one is triggered when hitting tab after a word in html) no longer exist. Those were condenced into normal auto-completion functionality.

So hitting tab right after div just inserts the whatever ST condsiders the best candidate. To display the completion panel you'd need to hit ctrl+space

The following settings also control whether snippets are sugessted in auto completion at all or only when explicitly requesting them.

	// Snippets will not be included in the auto complete when this is
	// false. They can still be triggered by typing their tab trigger in, and
	// pressing tab when auto complete is not showing.
	"auto_complete_include_snippets": true,

	// When this is set to false, snippets won't be present in the auto
	// complete dialog when typing, instead they'll only be shown in the auto
	// complete dialog when it's explicitly triggered
	"auto_complete_include_snippets_when_typing": true,

If you want auto completion panel being displayed while typing you might want to tweak auto_complete_selector by adding text.html like so:

	"auto_complete_selector": "meta.tag, text.html, source - comment - string.quoted.double.block - string.quoted.single.block - string.unquoted.heredoc",

[schuette]

Brilliant. Thank you!

[PierBover]

I've set both settings to true but still some snippets don't appear in the suggestions.

"auto_complete_include_snippets": true,
"auto_complete_include_snippets_when_typing": true

I have this snippet with the log tab trigger:

<snippet>
	<content><![CDATA[
console.log(${1:something});
]]></content>
	<tabTrigger>log</tabTrigger>
	<scope>source.js, source.jsx, source.ts, source.vue</scope>
	<description>console.log()</description>
</snippet>

But it's nowhere to be found:

To actually trigger the snipper I have to close the autocompletions with ESC and then press tab. This is really annoying.

[deathaxe]

The amount of completion items which are added to the popup has been limited. My hunch is that those snippets popably haven't been selected due to several other candidates being judged more relevant. Not to call it a solution but hitting ctrl+space in exactly the situation of the screenshot should add the snippet as a snippet whose trigger exactly matches the typed word has maximum relevance.

[PierBover]

Not to call it a solution but hitting ctrl+space in exactly the situation of the screenshot should add the snippet as a snippet whose trigger exactly matches the typed word has maximum relevance.

The snippet doesn't appear either when using ctrl+space. In fact, nothing happens when doing that.

I've explicitly added this to my key bindings to test this out, but nothing.

{ "keys": ["ctrl+space"], "command": "auto_complete" }

These are my key bindings:

[
	{ "keys": ["super+v"], "command": "paste_and_indent" },
	{ "keys": ["super+shift+v"], "command": "paste" },
	{ "keys": ["super+alt+down"], "command": "duplicate_lines" },
	{ "keys": ["super+alt+up"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "res://Packages/Default/Delete Line.sublime-macro"} },
	{ "keys": ["alt+space"], "command": "show_overlay", "args": {"overlay": "goto", "show_files": true} },
	{ "keys": ["super+shift+a"], "command": "find_all_under" },
	{ "keys": ["alt+minus"], "command": "jump_back" },
	{ "keys": ["alt+shift+minus"], "command": "jump_forward" },
	{ "keys": ["super+f"], "command": "show_panel", "args": {"panel": "replace", "reverse": false} },
	{ "keys": ["super+ctrl+left"], "command": "fold" },
	{ "keys": ["super+ctrl+right"], "command": "unfold" }
]

[rchl]

Does it appear in the list if just type lo instead of log?
(thinking of possibility that this is somewhat related to #4084)

[PierBover]

Does it appear in the list if just type lo instead of log?
(thinking of possibility that this is somewhat related to #4084)

Hmmm no, it doesn't appear either.

So I decided to remove a bunch of packages and it's working now:

After reinstalling some of the packages it seems the culprit was the TypeScript package.

[deathaxe]

Keep that package away from ST. It's bloated bullshit.

JSX / TS syntax is supported out of the box. Completions may be accomplished via LSP and LSP-typescript.

[deathaxe]

Not sure if at least https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/user-snippets-not-working-properly/57942 is to be treated as bug.

[deathaxe]

Also: https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/st4-snippets-wont-get-inserted-at-first/58160

[vovkkk]

Command expand_snippet does not work in 4107 at all, although default keybindings bind it to the tab key.

Command auto_complete ignores settings auto_complete_include_snippets and auto_complete_include_snippets_when_typing.

Over all, it seems like snippets support is broken.

[shaunmichaelwalker]

Removing the TS package solved this for me!

[theodorebear]

@shaunmichaelwalker yes! removing TypeScript package immediately brought back my snippets into autocomplete.

I even removed my previous attempt adding:
"auto_complete_include_snippets": true,
"auto_complete_include_snippets_when_typing": true,
"auto_complete_selector": "meta.tag, text.html, source - comment - string.quoted.double.block - string.quoted.single.block - string.unquoted.heredoc",
to User Preferences json and it still worked.

In 4107, missing snippets in autocomplete seems very linked to TypeScript package.

I added "TypeScript Syntax" package instead, and i get my syntax highlighting working with my snippets! All is well.

[rchl]

ST 4xxx includes built-in typescript syntax. You should remove the TypeScript Syntax package also.

[burt202]

Had a similar problem with my snippets and replacing the Typescript package with LSP and LSP-typescript did the trick. Thanks for the suggestion @deathaxe

[nychang]

Thank you @deathaxe! Removing the TypeScript package also brought back my snippets. 🙌 🏆