Live Templates#

Live templates let you quickly create common code elements in a source file.

Please refer to JetBrains’ documentation about live templates to learn more about the feature.

Swift Live Templates#

Noctule provides live templates for Swift files. All available live templates are shown below.

Abbreviation	Title	Description
`class`	Class declaration	Inserts a declarations of an empty class
`struct`	Struct declaration	Inserts a declarations of an empty struct
`protocol`	Protocol declaration	Inserts a declarations of an empty protocol
`actor`	Actor declaration	Inserts a declarations of an empty actor
`enum`	Enum declaration	Inserts a declarations of an empty union-style enum
`extension`	Extension declaration	Inserts a new extension declaration
`func`	Function declaration	Inserts a declarations of an empty function
`init`	Initializer declaration	Inserts an empty initializer declaration
`deinit`	Deinitializer declaration	Inserts an empty deinitializer declaration
`var`	Var declaration	Inserts an empty `var` declaration
`let`	Let declaration	Inserts an empty `let` declaration
`defer`	defer statement	Inserts an empty defer statement
`for`	for-in statement	Inserts a new for-in statement

Objective-C Live Templates#

Noctule provides live templates for Objective-C files. All available live templates are shown below.

Abbreviation	Title	Description
`log`	Insert new NSLog call	Inserts a new NSLog call as a new statement.
`logm`	Log current function/method	Inserts a new NSLog call statement to log the execution context.
`pm`	#pragma mark	Inserts a #pragma marker
`for`	Indexed for loop	Inserts an index-based for loop.
`while`	while loop	Inserts a while loop.
`if`	if statement	Inserts an if statement.
`ifelse`	if-else statement	Inserts an if statement with an else branch.
`switch`	switch statement	Inserts a switch statement with a default branch.
`struct`	struct declaration	Inserts a struct declaration.
`enum`	enum declaration	Inserts an enum declaration.
`def`	#define directive	Inserts a #define preprocessor directive.
`inc`	#include directive	Inserts a #include directive with a quoted path.
`incs`	#include directive (system header)	Inserts a #include directive with an angle-bracket path.
`imp`	#import directive	Inserts a #import directive with a quoted path.
`guard`	Include guard	Inserts an include guard derived from the file name.
`intf`	@interface declaration	Inserts a class interface declaration.
`impl`	@implementation declaration	Inserts a class implementation.
`prot`	@protocol declaration	Inserts a protocol declaration.
`ext`	Class extension	Inserts a class extension declaration.
`cat`	Category declaration	Inserts a category declaration.
`block`	Block typedef	Inserts a typedef of a block type.
`init`	Initializer implementation	Inserts the canonical init method implementation.
`props`	@property (strong)	Inserts a strong property declaration.
`propw`	@property (weak)	Inserts a weak property declaration.
`propc`	@property (copy)	Inserts a copy property declaration.
`propa`	@property (assign)	Inserts an assign property declaration.
`propro`	@property (readonly)	Inserts a readonly property declaration.
`ibac`	IBAction method	Inserts an IBAction method.
`each`	Fast enumeration loop	Inserts a for-in loop over a collection.
`dam`	dispatch_async on the main queue	Inserts a dispatch_async call on the main queue.
`once`	dispatch_once block	Inserts a dispatch_once call with a static token.
`after`	dispatch_after on the main queue	Inserts a delayed dispatch_after call on the main queue.
`swf`	NSString with format	Inserts a stringWithFormat call.