HotKey or Auto-Expansion for Interpolated Strings in VS

Question

I want to save myself a few keystrokes when typing C# interpolated strings in VS 2015/2017.

From what I can see, there isn't any built in functionality for this.

Somewhat related question here: Automatic interpolated strings

I'm settling on an AHK script for now that makes ctrl+[ a hotkey for this in VS. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a better way?

#SingleInstance force
#IfWinActive, ahk_exe devenv.exe
^[::
SendInput,$"

I also considered the script below to directly expand the typing of $, but this would hinder the typing of $ on its own.

#SingleInstance force
#IfWinActive, ahk_exe devenv.exe
:*:$::$"

Answer 1

You can add the IDE behavior directly to the script

#SingleInstance force
#IfWinActive, ahk_exe devenv.exe
^[::
SendInput,$""{Left}

If this doesn't answer your question please add more information for non VS users about what you are trying to achieve