How to drag and drop a custom code to code snippets and use a shortcut text for auto-fill as we did in Xcode < 10
And how to remove the snippets?
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How to add
In Xcode select line or code to be added in code snippet and then
Option1
Goto Editor
choose the Create code snippet
Option 2
Select Code you want to add to snippet right click and choose create code snippet
How to Remove
Choose any snippet and press backspace
How to Edit
If you want to edit already added code snippet it is easy. just open code snippet library list (from right corner) from the list select code snippet you want to edit and press SPACE BAR button
Warning : My Xcode crashes randomly couple of time during removing or adding code snippet make sure you save your work (Xcode 10 BUG) :]
Hope it is helpful
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Saranjith
how to remove..?
Prashant Tukadiya
TO remove it press backspace on code snippet window after select
Prashant Tukadiya
@Saranjith added as answer :)
Update for Xcode 11
Add code snippet
Same way as before:
- Select code
- Right click on it
- Create Code Snippet
Edit and Delete code snippet
Type cmd + shift + L and you will see the following UI:
For more information about Xcode code snippets check this article.
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To add new code snippet in XCODE 10, you can just:
- select the codes that you want to create snippet
- then right-click on those selected codes
- choose Create code snippet.
And to remove the code snippets:
- Just click on the {} icon on the top right nav
- Then select on the code snippet you want to delete
- Press Backspace
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If you still want to use Drag & Drop way to create a new code snippet as we did until Xcode 9, you can open Library dialog (shortcut: [Command] + [Option] + [Shift] + [L]) and drag the source code into the dialog.
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To edit the snippet
Click on the show panel icon on top right of the Snippet popup window.
Window will expand to show the code and also the Edit button
Click on panel icon
Edit button now visible
