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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.
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Code snippets in the library go even further: They are snippets of ","noIndex":0,"noFollow":0},"content":"<p>Code completion and Fix‐It can both help you speed up your typing and writing of Swift code. Code snippets in the library go even further: They are snippets of code you can just drag into your own code.
User's code snippets are saved in '~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets' in the form of xml documents with 'codesnippet' extension.
Just select the code that you want to make a snippet and drag it to the code snippet section towards the bottom right of the xcode. A window will appear and there you can rename it and add a description. Check the gif below. Now the code snippet is created.
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.
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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.
print("<#text#>")
gives you
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.
which gives
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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