How can I use Visual Studio's "Code Snippet" feature while editing a .aspx file?

Question

I use Visual Studio's "Code Snippet" feature pretty heavily while editing c# code. I always wished I could use them while typing out my aspx markup.

Is there a way to enable code snippet use in an aspx file editor window?

Are there any third party tools that perform this?

If you're familiar with code snippet definitions, this is exactly the type of thing I want to do:

<asp:TextBox ID="$var$TextBox" Text="$text$" OnClick="$var$_Click" runat="server" />

I could activate the snippet, tab twice, and move on!

Answer 1

That would be brilliant! I'd recommend the world's simplest code generator, or CodeSmith, or maybe T4 (although I haven't tried it yet). Doesn't quite do what you'd like, but it does make it a little easier

Answer 2

Perhaps you might think of trying Coderush which has a lot more to offer than the basic snippets found in VS. It's template facility can operate in vb, cs, aspx, html, xml and sql files.

Answer 3

@Rory-Becker Coderush is exactly what I've been looking for!!

I had previously posted that Coderush costs $99, but it costs $249.

@harriyott

Codesmith has something called Active Snippets. It only comes with the professional version, which costs $399

http://www.codesmithtools.com/features/comparison.aspx

Answer 4

Since I can't afford the $249 for CodeRush, I started trying to build a VisualStudio Add-In.

This guy has allready done this for me: http://ardentdev.com/blog/index.php/aspxedithelper

Answer 5

CodeRush Express is now free, you can download it from this link

Answer 6

At PDC 2008, Jeff King from Microsoft showed a demo of the HTML Snippets feature coming out in the next Visual Studio 2010. However, I put in another vote for CodeRush which is more powerful and you can use it now.