Is there a quick way to edit snippets for the current language?
10:27 11 Nov 2025

When I want to add a snippet for the current language, I open the command palette, type "snippet", go "Configure Snippets", then I have to select the language even though the file I'm editing has a language selected. Is there a way to skip this step?

Obviously this isn't a big hurdle, but this step seems unnecessary so I'm wondering if someone's already thought of this, or if I should submit a feature request. Or, maybe there's a good reason this hasn't already been implemented, like if the snippet system is more complicated than I thought. (Best outcome is I learn more features of the tools I'm using :D )

Research

  • Command palette search for "snippet" only shows Configure, Insert, and Fill File
  • Keyboard Shortcuts search for "snippet" shows a few more like Surround and Show, but nothing that seems relevant
  • Searched repo for "label:snippets current language" but didn't see anything relevant, but there's a lot of results so I might have missed some
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