Where are the default Emmet settings in Visual Studio Code?

Asked 3/9, 2017 at 0:28 Answered 11/8, 2021 at 1:25

Where are the default Emmet settings in Visual Studio Code (v1.15.1)?

I'm looking for the file that makes Visual Studio Code expand the Emmet HTML abbreviation ! into:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
  <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

I'm trying to workaround some problems that happened since Visual Studio Code started being shipped with Emmet 2.0 by default.

Silken answered 3/9, 2017 at 0:28 Comment(0)

You can override it with custom snippets.

File settings.json (Ctrl + ,):

"emmet.extensionsPath": PATH_TO_YOUR_NEW_FOLDER_WITH_SNIPPETS

In this folder, create file snippets.json:

Emmet 2.0: Custom Emmet snippets in HTML should be a valid abbreviation. For example: use ul>li instead of <ul><li></li></ul>.

If you want to have just text and not markup in your snippet then use the {}notation:

{<ul><li></li></ul>}

{
    "variables": {
        "lang": "en"
    },
    "html": {
        "snippets": {
            "!": "!!!+html[lang=${lang}]>(head>meta[charset=UTF-8]+title{Document})+body"
        }
    }
}

Visual Studio Code documentation: "Using custom Emmet snippets"

Undeviating answered 3/9, 2017 at 19:44 Comment(3)

Thanks for your response, but I'm not asking about custom snippets, rather I'm looking for the Code file that contains Code's default emmet settings. – Silken 4/9, 2017 at 15:23

Maybe you should edit your question to specify what problem you are trying to solve? – Undeviating 6/9, 2017 at 9:59

My question specifically asks for what I'm looking for -- the file that contains VS Code's default emmet settings. – Silken 9/9, 2017 at 15:43

From this Reddit answer:

I'm not sure where they are located on your filesystem when Visual Studio Code is installed, but all the default HTML snippets are here:

https://github.com/emmetio/snippets/blob/master/html.json

Wakerife answered 26/1, 2020 at 3:8 Comment(0)

You can find the default Emmet settings in the defaultSettings.json file.

However, it's easier to open Visual Studio Code, hit Ctrl + Shift + P and type: "defaultSettings" to access this configuration file.

_{This directly answers your question, but it won't necessarily help you solve your problem.}

Arevalo answered 8/9, 2020 at 12:14 Comment(0)

Well, unfortunately you can't get the default Emmet settings, since the plugin is bundled with VS Code itself. You can view default Emmet files in editor's source code: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/tree/main/extensions/emmet

As Peter Mortensen mentioned above, you can only add or customize Emmet snippets with extra file. It's explained in details here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/emmet

Hope it satisfies your interest in this matter.

Apron answered 11/8, 2021 at 1:25 Comment(0)

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