Macro to wrap selected text with tags in Visual Studio

Question

I realize that I may be being a bit lazy, but does anyone know of a Visual Studio macro, where I can select some text inside of the Visual Studio IDE, click a button, and have it wrap the selected text with tags? It would generate something like:

<strong>My Selected Text</strong>

I would even be up for creating a macro, just not sure where to exactly start!

Answer 1

The code to do so is rather simple:

Sub SurroundWithStrongTag()
    DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = "<strong>" + DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text + "</strong>"
End Sub

Now, if you don't know much about macros here's how to add it:

• First you need open the macros IDE, click Tools->Macros->Macros IDE...
• Next, we will add a module for your custom macros. Right click on "MyMacros" in the Project Explorer, click Add->Add Module..., type in an appropriate name then click "Add".
• Now paste the function inside the module, making copies for any other tags you want
• Save and close the macros IDE

To hook the macro up to a button:

• Click Tools->Customize...
• Click New..., type in an appropriate name, click OK. An empty toolbar should be visible (you may have to move the window to see it)
• Click the Commands tab, and select "Macros" in categories
• Find the macros created before and drag them over to the toolbar
• Right click the buttons to change settings (such as displaying an icon instead of text)

Answer 2

Dim HTMLprops As Properties = DTE.Properties("Texteditor", "HTML Specific")

Dim aProp As EnvDTE.Property = HTMLprops.Item("AutoInsertCloseTag")

aProp.Value = False