How to quickly surround text with HTML markup in VS 2008?

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I am working with Visual Studio 2008 editor. Is there a way to take a piece of text for example, highlight it and use shortcuts to quickly add markup?
For example, lets say I have a text, I went to: the store and I want to bold it, I have to type <b>the store</b>. Is there a quicker and easier way to do this?

Try the following post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22171132/visual-studio-how-to-quickly-wrap-text-in-html-tags/42334460#42334460 — Dmitry, Feb 20 '17 at 01:29

score 32 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 02 '17 at 07:33

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Select text, Ctrl+X, type in your tags which will be autoclosed by vs, Ctrl+V

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answered Feb 24 '11 at 20:24

epitka

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+1 because it's much more fluid when typing rapidly and has less "configuration" needed. 8^D – Dillie-O Mar 22 '13 at 18:58
perfect! Works with zen-coding too – Ivan Ferrer Villa Oct 20 '15 at 23:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 02 '17 at 07:34

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With HTML Editor just press Ctrl+B...

With regular text editor VS does not provide something build-in, but you can add custom macros. Something like the following will do job for you.

Sub MakeSelectionBold()
    DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = "<b>" + DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection.Text + "</b>"
End Sub

You can then assign it to the short-cut or add button to your toolbar.

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answered Feb 17 '09 at 14:04

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Can you create macros with c# sytnax? – Xaisoft Feb 17 '09 at 14:12
The problem is that VS supports only VB macroses. Or I missed something. This is built-in functional, you can find Macro Explorer window, or Tools/Macros/... – Mike Chaliy Feb 17 '09 at 14:17

How to quickly surround text with HTML markup in VS 2008?

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