Visual Studio Code snippet as keyboard shortcut key

Question

I know how to modify and create code snippets and I know how to modify shortcut keys, but how does one bring those 2 together?

Answer 1

It would seem that, as of version 1.9, Visual Studio Code can do what you are looking for, no other extensions necessary.

From https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_9#_insert-snippets

"You can now bind your favorite snippets to key bindings. A sample that encloses a selection with single quotes looks like this:"

Add the snippet below to keybindings.json (open Keyboard Shortcuts editor and click on the For advanced customizations open and edit keybindings.json link)

{
    "key": "cmd+k",
    "command": "editor.action.insertSnippet",
    "args": { "snippet": "'$TM_SELECTED_TEXT'" }
}