# Snippet Snippet is designed to facilitate the repeated inputs of some words. ## Snippet Management There is a `json` file for a user-defined snippet. There are some built-in snippets, such as inputting current date. Built-in snippets are read-only and there is a `*` suffix in after their names. ![](vx_images/4184025170752.png) ## Define A Snippet ![](vx_images/1104828189178.png) - Snippet Name: The identifier of a snippet. It will be used to search for a snippet. - Shortcut: You could assign a shortcut to s snippet to quickly locate a snippet. The shortcut is two digits. - Cursor Mark: VNote uses Cursor Mark to mark the position of the cursor after applying a snippet. Should appears only once in the `Content`. - Selection Mark: VNote uses Selection Mark to mark the position to insert the selected text before applying a snippet. Selection mark could appear multiple times in the `Content`. After applying a snippet, all the selection marks will be replaced with the selected text. ## Apply A Snippet ### Snippet Panel Place the cursor at the proper position and double click a snippet in the snippet panel to apply a snippet. ### Shortcuts In editor, press `Ctrl+G, I` will call out a panel containing all the snippets. You could directly type `00` to apply `My First Snippet`. Or you could type keyword `my` to search snippets by name and press `Enter` to apply the first hit snippet. You could press `Tab` to focus on the snippet list and use `Ctrl+H/J/K/L` to navigate through items and press `Enter` to apply the selected snippet. ![](vx_images/2520536170752.png) ### Symbol Another simple way to apply a snippet is type `%snippet_name%` in the editor directly and press `Ctrl+G, I` to translate that symbol into snippet `snippet_name`. Many line edit widgets in VNote also support snippet in this way, such as: * New Note dialog; * New Notebook dialog; * Note template; ## Examples ### Insert Code Block with CPP ```cpp @@ ``` ### Comment Out Selected Text ``` ``` ### Tag for Color ``` $$@@ ``` Or: ``` $$@@ ```