ExpressionEngine template language support for VS Code — syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, and snippets that work alongside other extensions.

Features

Syntax highlighting for EE tags, variables, conditionals, comments, and operators in .html, .xml, and .feed files
IntelliSense — completions for globals, exp: tags, and tag parameters
Snippets — eeif, eeentries, eeifel, eecomment, and more (type ee to see all)
Auto-close tags — typing } after an EE tag pair automatically inserts the closing tag
Path completions — file/folder suggestions inside {embed="..."}, {path=...}, and other EE path parameters
EE comment toggle — Cmd+/ (Mac) / Ctrl+/ (Windows/Linux) uses {!-- --} when the line contains EE syntax,  otherwise
Third-party addon support — add an addon.json to your addon folder for custom completions

Why not the original?

The original ExpressionEngine extension registers .html files as a custom expressionengine language, which breaks:

Path Intellisense
IntelliSense for CSS class names
Auto Rename Tag
Color Highlight
CSS Peek

among others. This extension injects EE syntax into the standard HTML grammar instead, so .html files remain html — all other extensions continue to work normally.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`expressionengine.suggest.basic`	`true`	Enable/disable EE completions
`expressionengine.autoClosingTags`	`true`	Auto-insert closing tags after `}`
`expressionengine.templatesPath`	`${rootPath}`	Root path for path completions inside EE tags (`embed`, `path`, `template`, etc.) — set this to your EE templates folder
`expressionengine.thirdPartyAddonPath`	`${rootPath}/httpdocs/system/user/addons/`	Path to third-party addons folder for custom completions

Snippets

Prefix	Description
`eeif`	`{if}` block
`eeifel`	`{if}/{if:else}` block
`eeifelseif`	`{if}/{if:elseif}/{if:else}` block
`eeentries`	`{exp:channel:entries}` pair
`eenav`	Channel entries navigation loop
`eecomment`	`{!-- --}` comment
`eelayout`	`{layout}` tag
`eesetvar`	`{layout:set}` variable block
`eeembed`	`{embed}` tag
`eeloginform`	Member login form
`eecommentform`	Comment form
`eecomments`	Comment entries
`eesearch`	Search results
`eecontact`	Contact form
`eerss`	RSS feed
`eevar`	EE variable
`eepath`	`{path}` tag
`eeurltitle`	`{url_title_path}` tag

Credits

Inspired by jrrdnx/expressionengine.

Features

Syntax highlighting for EE tags, variables, conditionals, comments, and operators in .html, .xml, and .feed files
IntelliSense — completions for globals, exp: tags, and tag parameters
Snippets — eeif, eeentries, eeifel, eecomment, and more (type ee to see all)
Auto-close tags — typing } after an EE tag pair automatically inserts the closing tag
Path completions — file/folder suggestions inside {embed="..."}, {path=...}, and other EE path parameters
EE comment toggle — Cmd+/ (Mac) / Ctrl+/ (Windows/Linux) uses {!-- --} when the line contains EE syntax,  otherwise
Third-party addon support — add an addon.json to your addon folder for custom completions

Why this fork?

The original extension registers .html files as expressionengine language, which breaks:

Path Intellisense
IntelliSense for CSS class names
Auto Rename Tag
Color Highlight
CSS Peek

among others. This extension injects EE syntax into the standard HTML grammar instead, so .html files remain html — all other extensions continue to work normally.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`expressionengine.suggest.basic`	`true`	Enable/disable EE completions
`expressionengine.autoClosingTags`	`true`	Auto-insert closing tags after `}`
`expressionengine.templatesPath`	`${rootPath}`	Root path for path completions inside EE tags (`embed`, `path`, `template`, etc.) — set this to your EE templates folder
`expressionengine.thirdPartyAddonPath`	`${rootPath}/httpdocs/system/user/addons/`	Path to third-party addons folder for custom completions

Snippets

Prefix	Description
`eeif`	`{if}` block
`eeifel`	`{if}/{if:else}` block
`eeifelseif`	`{if}/{if:elseif}/{if:else}` block
`eeentries`	`{exp:channel:entries}` pair
`eenav`	Channel entries navigation loop
`eecomment`	`{!-- --}` comment
`eelayout`	`{layout}` tag
`eesetvar`	`{layout:set}` variable block
`eeembed`	`{embed}` tag
`eeloginform`	Member login form
`eecommentform`	Comment form
`eecomments`	Comment entries
`eesearch`	Search results
`eecontact`	Contact form
`eerss`	RSS feed
`eevar`	EE variable
`eepath`	`{path}` tag
`eeurltitle`	`{url_title_path}` tag