NativeScript XML Snippets for Visual Studio Code

This JSON file contains snippets for all NativeScript UI components and some frequently used attributes.

All UI components are prefixed with ns. Attributes do not have a prefix.

UI Components

Layouts

• Absolute Layout - nsabsolute
• Dock Layout - nsdock
• Grid Layout - nsgrid
• Stack Layout - nsstack
• Wrap Layout - nswrap

Widgets

• Page - nspage
• Action Bar - nsactionbar
• Label - nslabel
• Text Field - nstextfield
• Secure Text Field (for passwords) - nspassword
• Text View - nstextview
• Image - nsimg
• Border - nsborder
• Button - nsbtn
• Search Bar - nssearchbar
• Switch - nsswitch
• Slider - nsslider
• Progress - nsprogress
• Activity Indicator - nsloading
• Date Picker - nsdate
• Time Picker - nstime
• List Picker - nslistpicker
• Segmented Bar - nssegmentedbar
• Tab View - nstabview
• List View - nslistview
• Web View - nswebview

Attributes

• cssClass - css
• text - text
• icon - icon
• tap - tap
• textWrap - wrap
• horizontalAlignment - halign
• verticalAlignment - valign
• visibility - visibility
• stretch - stretch
• keyboardType - kbtype
• colSpan - colspan
• rowSpan - rowspan
• row - row
• col - col
• width - width
• height - height

How to use?

1. Inside Visual Studio Code press

   CTRL + P

2. Type the following in the console window

   ext install nativescript-xml-snippets

3. Hit enter.