Can Visual Studio Code use Emmet completion in razor .cshtml files

Question

I\'m using Visual Studio Code (1.17.1, on MacOS 10.13 AND Windows 10) developing an asp.net core mvc web app using razor templating. Visual Studio Code supports Emmet (https://c

Answer 1

According to this link, the corresponding language for *.cshtml files is razor, thus you need to specify it in the emmet mappings as follows:

"emmet.includeLanguages": { "razor": "html" }

Answer 2

updated: Press Ctrl+K than M (Ctrl+K,M) than select highlighter from the dropdownlist you want this is a common shortcut. very useful. even works for any file types. ie. create a new file and code some xml or what language you want than Ctrl+K,M you can specify/override ide hilighter on the fly. very useful shortcut. try it. you won't forget Ctrl+K,M. one of most useful hotkey combination I ever use in vscode. by this way code-completion wakes up and works as language you selected.

in vscode > settings.json
I added the related codes mentionel above. emmet worked for cshtml files.

 "emmet.includeLanguages": {
   "razor":"html",
   "aspnetcorerazor":"html"
  }