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Live Templates

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Use this page to create, manage, and edit live templates.

Main settings

Item

Description

By default expand with

Specifies the default invocation key for all templates. Individual expansion keys for the particular templates are defined in the editing area.

If the standard expansion keys (Tab, Enter, or Space) are not desirable, select the Custom option from this list.

When Custom is selected, the Change link appears next to the drop-down, leading you to the Keymap page.

Live Templates

Displays all currently available template abbreviations with their descriptions. The abbreviations are grouped below nodes and sorted alphabetically within each group. To activate a template or an entire group, select the checkbox near the template or the group.

The Add icon

Add Alt+Insert

Adds a new template item to the current group of template. You can define the template abbreviation, description, text, variables, expansion key, and context in the editing area below.

The Remove icon

Remove Delete

Removes the selected live template from the list.

The Duplicate icon

Duplicate

Click this button to create a new template based on the selected template. A new template item is added to the current node and the fields in the Template Text area show the definition of the selected template.

The Restore deleted defaults icon

Restore deleted defaults

Click this button to restore the deleted live templates. This button is only enabled when the changes are applied.

Context menu of a live template

Item

Description

Move

Moves the selected template to a specified group.

Change context

Changes context or contexts where the current template is enabled. When you select this command, a list of supported language contexts is displayed. To make GoLand consider a context sensitive to the template, select a checkbox next to the context name.

The available context types depend on the enabled plugins.

Copy

Creates a serialized template XML in the system clipboard.

Paste

Pastes an XML representation of the copied templates to the selected group of templates.

Template editing area

The focus is moved to this area in the following cases:

  • When you click the Add The Add icon or Copy  The Copy icon button.

  • When you select a live template in the list.

  • When you select a fragment of code in the editor and choose Tools | Save as Live Template.

Use controls of this area to create new live templates and edit the settings for the existing ones.

You can navigate through the Template Text Area using the hot keys that are marked in the field labels.

Item

Description

Abbreviation

In this field, specify the template abbreviation, i.e a sequence of characters that identify the template in the editor.

Description

In this field, provide optional description of a template or an example of its usage.

Template Text

In this field, type the template body that may contain plain text and variables in the format $<variable name>$. If necessary, click Edit Variables and configure the variables as required. To escape a dollar sign $ in the template text, just duplicate it $$.

Applicable in:

This read-only field shows the languages and/or pieces of code where the editor should be sensitive to the template. Upon pressing Ctrl+J in such context, GoLand displays a list of templates that are valid for this context.

Change

Click this link to modify the set of contexts where the current template is enabled. Upon clicking the link, a list of supported language contexts is displayed. To make GoLand consider a context sensitive to the template, select a checkbox next to the context name.

The available context types depend on the enabled plugins.

Edit Variables

Click this button to open the Edit Template Variables dialog, where you can define how GoLand should process template variables upon template expansion. The Edit Template Variables dialog contains a complete list of available functions. See the list of predefined functions below on this page.

Options

In this area, define the behavior of the editor when a template is expanded.

  • Expand with - from this list, choose the key to invoke the template.

  • Reformat according to style - select this checkbox to have GoLand automatically reformat the expanded text according to the current style settings, defined on the Code Style page.

Predefined functions to be used in live template variables

Item

Description

blockCommentEnd

Returns the characters that indicate the end of a block comment in the current language context.

blockCommentStart

Returns the characters that indicate the start of a block comment in the current language context.

camelCase(String)

Converts a string into camelCase. For example, camelCase(my-text-file), camelCase(my text file), and camelCase(my_text_file) all return myTextFile.

capitalize(String)

Capitalizes the first letter of the parameter.

capitalizeAndUnderscore(String)

Capitalizes all the letters of a CamelCase name passed as the parameter, and inserts an underscore between the parts. For example, capitalizeAndUnderscore(FooBar) returns FOO_BAR.

classNameComplete()

This expression substitutes for the type name completion at the variable position.

clipboard()

Returns the contents of the system clipboard.

commentEnd()

Returns the characters that indicate the end of a comment in the current language context. The return value is empty if line comments are defined in the current language.

commentStart()

Returns the characters that indicate the start of a comment in the current language context. If line comments are defined in the current language, their start indicator is preferable.

complete()

Invokes code completion at the position of the variable.

completeSmart()

Invokes smart type completion at the position of the variable.

concat(expressions...)

Returns a concatenation of all the strings passed to the function as parameters.

date(sDate)

Returns the current system date in the specified format.

Without a parameter, the current date is returned in the default system format.

date_format

To use a different format, provide a parameter according to the SimpleDateFormat specification. For example, the function date("Y-MM-d, E, H:m") will return the date formatted as 2019 - 07 - 5, Fri, 12:56.

decapitalize(sName)

Replaces the first letter of the parameter with the corresponding lowercase letter.

defaultReturnValues

Returns the default value if the expression is used in the return statement. Uses the errorVariableName parameter if the expression is of the error type.

enum(sCompletionString1,sCompletionString2,...)

Returns a list of comma-separated strings suggested for completion when the template is expanded.

errorVariable()

Returns the first error variable in the current context. Autocompletes all error variables in the current context.

errorVariableDefinition(expressionWithErrorResult)

Converts an expression to the variable definition if the expression returns the error type. For example, if the a() function returns (int, error), the errorVariableDefinition("a()") expression returns _, err.

escapeString(sEscapeString)

Escapes the string specified as the parameter.

fieldName()

Returns the first field name in the current context. Autocompletes all field names in the current context.

fileName()

Returns the name of the current file with its extension.

fileNameWithoutExtension()

Returns the name of the current file without its extension.

filePath()

Returns the absolute path to the current file.

fileRelativePath()

Returns the current file path relative to the current project. To check what the relative path is for a given file, right-click it and select Copy Reference, or pressCtrl+Shift+Alt+C.

firstWord(sFirstWord)

Returns the first word of the string passed as the parameter.

groovyScript("groovy code", arg1)

Returns a Groovy script with the specified code.

You can use the groovyScript() function with multiple arguments. The first argument is the text of the script that is executed or the path to the file that contains the script. The next arguments are bound to the _1, _2, _3, ..._n variables that are available inside your script. Also, the _editor variable is available inside the script. This variable is bound to the current editor.

JsArrayVariable()

Returns the name of the current JavaScript array.

jsClassName()

Returns the name of the current JavaScript class.

jsComponentTypeOf()

Returns the type of the current JavaScript component.

jsDefineParameter

Based on the name of the module, returns the parameter from define(["module"], function (<parameter_in_question>>) {}).

jsMethodName()

Returns the name of the current JavaScript method.

jsQualifiedClassName()

Returns the complete name of the current JavaScript class.

jsSuggestIndexName()

Returns a suggested name for an index variable from most commonly used ones: i, j, k, and son on. The names that are not used in the current scope yet are shown first.

jsSuggestVariableName()

Returns the suggested name for a variable based on its variable type and initializer expression, according to your code style settings that refer to the variable naming rules.
For example, if it is a variable that holds an element within an iteration, GoLand makes a guess on the most reasonable name, taking into account the name of the container that is iterated.

jsSuggestDefaultVariableKind(Boolean)

The Boolean parameter determines whether constants are allowed or not in the current context. If no parameter is specified, constants are allowed. When the templates expands, a list is shown with var, let, const options for TypeScript and ES6 and with only one var option for earlier JavaScript versions.

jsSuggestImportedEntityName()

Suggests the name for import statements of the type `import * as $ITEM$ from "$MODULE$"` or `import $ITEM$ from "$MODULE$"` based on the filename.

lineCommentStart

Returns the characters that indicate the start of a line comment in the current language context.

lineNumber()

Returns the current line number.

lowercaseAndDash(String)

Converts a camelCase string into lower case and inserts n-dashes as separators. For example, lowercaseAndDash(MyExampleName) returns my-example-name.

nonBlankVariable

Receives a list of expressions as input and returns the first expression that is not empty _. For example, _,_,a,b returns a.

regularExpression(String, Pattern, Replacement)

Find all occurrences of Pattern in a String and replace it with Replacement. You can specify the pattern as a regular expression to find everything that matches it in the string.

snakeCase(String)

Converts a string into snake_case. For example, snakeCase(fooBar) returns foo_bar.

spaceSeparated(String)

Converts a string into lowercase and inserts spaces as separators. For example, spaceSeparated(fooBar) returns foo bar.

substringBefore(String,Delimiter)

Removes the extension after the specified delimiter and returns only the filename. This is helpful for test file names (for example, substringBefore($FileName$,".") returns component-test in component-test.js).

time(sSystemTime)

Returns the current system time in the specified format.

Without a parameter, the current time is returned in the default system format.

To use a different format, provide a parameter according to the SimpleDateFormat specification. For example, the function time("H:m z") will return the timestamp formatted as 13:10 UTC.

underscoresToCamelCase(String)

Replaces underscores with camelCase letters in the string passed as the parameter. For example, underscoresToCamelCase(foo_bar) returns fooBar.

underscoresToSpaces(sParameterWithUnderscores)

Replaces underscores with spaces in the string passed as the parameter. For example, underscoresToSpaces(foo_bar) returns foo bar.

user()

Returns the name of the current user.

Last modified: 23 March 2020