Emmet does not trigger with tab key

[freinbichler]

Hi, first of all thank you for creating this extension! One minor issue I have since enabling this extension is that the tab key does not trigger emmet in Twig files anymore. Only Ctrl + E seems to work. Is there a preference to enable Emmet in the default autocomplete view that is triggered with the tab key, like it works in HTML files?

[tpmatthes]

Hey, thanks for taking the time to submit an issue! 😄 I’ve installed the Emmet plugin and I can definitely see the problem.

This plugin provides a list of tags for Nova’s built-in autocomplete function, it doesn’t do anything else. It actually has two syntax definitions: Twig-HTML (Twig code alongside regular HTML tags with built-in HTML as a subsyntax) and “normal” Twig (Twig code inside brackets). The Emmet plugin doesn’t show completions inside either of them.

As it seems, the Emmet plugin does work in PHP files, if no other completions are available. The built-in PHP syntax and this plugin use the same structure. I’ve temporarily removed all completions from the Twig plugin, but it still doesn’t work. So, it may be a problem with the Emmet plugin itself.

I’ve briefly looked into the code for the Emmet plugin: It seems like it has an internal list of file types that are supported. See: https://github.com/emmetio/nova-plugin/blob/a2148a73762910dfd3fad95a37049584282fb218/src/lib/syntax.ts#L11

This plugin adds a syntax definition for Twig, and Twig isn’t part of that list. Therefore (I guess) it doesn’t work anymore.

Actually, there’s an open issue about this topic on the plugin’s repository: https://github.com/emmetio/nova-plugin/issues/17

I’ll be happy to work with the author’s of the Emmet plugin to solve this issue.

[freinbichler]

Thank you very much for investigating! Let's hope the emmet developers add the twig filetype, or even better, allow the filetypes to be customised in the plugin settings.