Can we write code snippet for markdown language in Visual Studio Code?

Question

Why markdown language not seems to be supported by code-snippets in vs-code? I've also tried writing "scope: "md" but it also doesn't work.

{
    "Print to console": {
        "scope": "markdown",
        "prefix": "test",
        "body": [
            "console.log('$1');",
            "$2"
        ],
        "description": "description"
    }
}

There is a simple fix for markdown snippets not suggesting on type only, see stackoverflow.com/questions/43639841/… and github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/88129#issuecomment-573962949 and github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/28048#issuecomment-306616235. This is a duplicate really. — Mark
– Mark, Commented Sep 30, 2020 at 20:25

rioV8 · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-30 10:49:07Z

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Create some of the other snippet files like html.json.

Save this file with File | Save As... as markdown.json in the same directory.

Fill in your snippet.

In the Markdown file type your snippet prefix and press CtrlSpace and select the snippet you want.

It seems there is not a completion provider that shows the possible completions while you type or it is not enabled by default.

answered Sep 30, 2020 at 10:49

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Shantanu Tripathi Over a year ago

Actually completion provider is enabled because snippets for all other language is working correctly but not this one.

Shantanu Tripathi Over a year ago

This works for me. I was actually creating the global snippet and writing the scope: markdown but it seems that rather than select global snippet i have to select markdown language snippets option.

rioV8 Over a year ago

@ShantanuTripathi A completion provider is bound to a language on construction

Shantanu Tripathi Over a year ago

So why does adding global snippets works for python, cpp, java and all other languages but not for markdown?

rioV8 Over a year ago

@ShantanuTripathi Maybe if you define snippets in the package.json of an extension you get an implicit completion provider for that language

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