defaulting to using braces enclosing each case in switch statements in Visual Studio Code-CodePudding

In C or C#, it's generally a good practice to enclose each case within curly braces (e.g., see

Edit: I am not interested in a debate about whether adding curly braces should always be done or not, but rather knowing how to change VS Code's UI for this context.

CodePudding user response：

You should add a snippet by yourself. Select Command palette (F1) -> Preferences: Configure User Snippets -> C and add the following code.

    "switch2": {
        "prefix": "switch2",
        "body": "switch (${1:expression}) {\n\tcase ${2:/* constant-expression */}: {\n\t\t${3:/* code */}\n\t\tbreak;\n\t}\n\tdefault: {\n\t\tbreak;\n\t}\n}"
    }

CodePudding user response：

Ended up slightly modifying @umitu's answer. Posting it here just in case someone else finds it useful as well:

  "switch2": {
    "prefix": "switch2",
    "body": "switch (${1:expression}) {\ncase ${2:/* constant-expression */}: {\n\t${3:/* code */}\n\t} break;\ncase ${4:/* constant-expression */}: {\n\t${5:/* code */}\n\t} break;\ndefault: {\n\t${6:/* code */}\n\t} break;\n}"
  }

And now the default snippet looks like the following: