VSCODE snippet for creating new C# class with namespace declaration

Question

For now we are able to create only new file or folder. And it's very annoying to write namespaces each time you create class declaration.

But is it possible to create new C# class file with auto generated appropriate namespaces inside? Or maybe some snippet there?

Answer 1

This extension provides a context menu button to add a new class, which will auto populate the namespace.

Visual Studio Code has changed a bit since the last answer. It now provides the variable TM_DIRECTORY in snippets, but this is an absolute path. I've submitted an enhancement request to provide a relative path that could be transformed to a namespace. But honestly, I think the above extension satisfies my needs (and the context menu is a plus)

Answer 2

That's currently not possible. You have no possibility to retrieve the current filename, directory or other information in a snippet declaration file for Visual Studio Code.

You could create a snippet that lets you enter a namespace and a class name. But I guess this wouldn't help you so much. Nevertheless it'd look like this:

 "Namespace and class": {
    "prefix": "namespaceAndClass",
    "body": [
        "namespace $1",
        "{",
        "   class $2",
        "   {",
        "",
        "   }",
        "}"
    ],
    "description": "Create a namespace block with a class"
 }

In case you really want a snippet that fills in the correct namespace and class name based on the file path you could have a look at the OmniSharp project. This can give you an idea on how to improve the csharp-o extension in order to provide the correct data as a suggestion from within the plugin. But I think this is a much bigger task then typing namespace and class on your own.