HTML/Code Custom Snippets?

[samk]

Hi,

I'm new to Netbeans and very impressed so far - I might finally have found a cross-OS replacement for dreamweaver.

However, one thing I miss is the ability to quickly insert code like html into my file. Especially something I create myself. Like an often used Javascript function, or say highlight a line of text, hit a button and it wraps bold tags around the code. Etc.

Is this what the palette system is for? How would I create a custom one for just inserting some code? If not, is there a plugin for this?

Thanks!

(Edit: Woops - I meant to post this in the Users forum)

[Eugene Morgan]

If you go to Tools, Options, Editor, and Code Templates, you can define snippets for different languages.

I'm not sure about highlighting a line and wrapping it in tags though ... you might be able to do that with a macro ... haven't tried it though

[samk]

Woah! Huge thumbs up! That's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very, very much.

Yup, my long search for an IDE might finally be over.

Now to see if it works in Ubuntu.

[lyceum]

[samk]

Cool. Thank you!!