In this section:
- Live Templates
- Simple, Parameterized and Surround Live Templates
- Live Template Abbreviation
- Live Template Variables
- Groups of Live Templates
- Creating and Editing Live Templates
- Creating and Editing Template Variables
- Sharing Live Templates
Overview
Live templates let you insert frequently-used or custom code constructs into your source code file quickly, efficiently, and accurately. They contain the predefined code fragments.
Live templates are stored in the following location:
- Windows:
<your home directory>\.<product name><version number>\config\templates - Linux:
~/.<product name><version number>/config/templates - OS X:
~/Library/Preferences/<product name><version number>/templates
Important notes
To create or edit the Live templates, use the Live Templates page of the Preferences dialog.
Having created a custom live template, you can export all the live templates together with the other settings, and import them. Refer to the section Exporting and Importing Preferences for details.