@alisa and @Rextexpander recently hosted an entire webinar on Fill-ins, so now seemed like a good opportunity to post some short guides to these often-overlooked features.
Oftentimes, you want to customize your Snippet for each person or situation. The Fill-in feature lets you do this. The simplest Fill-in type is a Single Line Field, which adds a blank space in your Snippet that you can fill in before expanding. Think of it like a blank line in a sentence, like a Mad Lib.
When you expand a Snippet with a Single Line Field or other Fill-in, a pop-up window appears that lets you fill in those fields before expanding. Press Enter or click OK to finish expanding the Snippet.
To add a Single Line Field to a Snippet
- Place your cursor in the Snippet Editor where you want to insert the field.
- Click the Fill-In button in the Snippet Editor and select Single Line Field.
In the dialog that appears, fill out the Name field to set the field name that displays when you expand the Snippet. Below that is a field where you can set the default value, and you can also adjust the width of the field. The width option is just for looks—the field itself will adapt to however few or many characters you type. Click OK to insert the Single Line Field into your Snippet.
Here’s how it looks in the Snippet editor:
Want to try it yourself? If you subscribe to the Community Snippets Public Group,
If you prefer video, here’s @Rextexpander with a demo: