# Django extension for Visual Studio Code
> Beautiful syntax and scoped snippets for perfectionists with deadlines

## Features
### Go to definition in templates
Ctrl+click (cmd+click on MacOS) or press F12 on the template path in a `include` or `extends` tag
to jump to this template
### Snippets
- Support for selected text (when inserting snippet from the menu)
- Support for copied text
- No unnecessary new lines
### Improved syntax
- Adds the filetype `django-html`
- Adds the filetype `django-txt` for email templates.
- Better syntax with more operators and default keywords:
- Known default tags and filters
- Known templatetags namespace from contrib in the {% load %} tag
- Known keywords in tags, like: `as`, `asvar`, `with`, `trimmed`…
- Syntax highlighting everywhere in your HTML document:
- In the HTML tag itself"
- In the id, class or any attribute
- In inline CSS or Javascript code
## Tricks
### Gettext and internationalization
Dealing with `django.po` files?
Consider installing the [Gettext extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mrorz.language-gettext) by MrOrz.
### Emmet
Add the following item to the **Emmet: Include Languages** settings:
| Item | Value |
| ------------- | ------ |
| `django-html` | `html` |
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- [tpberntsen](https://github.com/tpberntsen)
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## Contributing
### Issues
Something odd? New feature request?
Please [create an issue on Github](https://github.com/vscode-django/vscode-django/issues/new).
### Setup
```bash
git clone https://github.com/vscode-django/vscode-django
cd vscode-django
npm install
code .
```
It’s better to have [TSlint](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eg2.tslint) installed.
### Launching the extension debugger
Make sure you have this snippet in `.vscode/launch.json`:
```javascript
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Extension",
"type": "extensionHost",
"request": "launch",
"runtimeExecutable": "${execPath}",
"args": [
"--extensionDevelopmentPath=${workspaceFolder}"
]
}
]
}
```
Press F5 or click on Debug then Start (▶️) to launch the extension host window.
Hack around
Press Ctrl + Shift + F5 or 🔄 to reload.