# Django extension for Visual Studio Code > Beautiful syntax and scoped snippets for perfectionists with deadlines ![Syntax with Gruvbox](https://github.com/vscode-django/vscode-django/raw/HEAD/images/vscode-django-syntax-gruvbox.png) ## 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` | ## Sponsors - [tpberntsen](https://github.com/tpberntsen) - [moving-content](https://github.com/moving-content) [![Paypal](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Paypal&message=€66&logo=Paypal&color=009cde&link=https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/batisteo/5)](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/batisteo/5) [![Github Sponsor](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Sponsor&message=6%C2%A0%E2%9D%A4&logo=GitHub&color=ea4aaa&link=https://github.com/sponsor/batisteo)](https://github.com/sponsor/batisteo) ## 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.