Why don't code snippets work for me in Visual Studio?

Question

I'm trying to use the simple pre-installed code snippets in VS2008. I can insert them by right-clicking and using Insert Snippet..., but I can't get them to work while typing. If I start to type "for", I get the Intellisense list, and I see an entry for the code snippet, but hitting Tab or Enter just inserts the word for, not the snippet.

What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

try hitting tab once more..

Answer 2

Or in Emacs style

ctrl-k ctrl-x

Answer 3

It could be your using any kind of VPC software that is intercepting your tab commands and inject them into VPC with a wrong code. I havent found a solution yet though.

Answer 4

Which language you are using?

C++ snippets don't work in VS2008. MS took that feature out :(