VSCode's User Snippets Not Working for Markdown and Latex Files

Question

I have gotten user snippets in VSCode to work for C and C++, but for some reason VSCode is not providing snippet suggestions for .md and .tex files.

Here is a minimal example of tex.json (that doesn't work):

{
    "dummy": {
        "prefix": "dummy",
        "body": [
            "some random text for demonstration"
        ],
        "description": "A dummy snippet"
    }
}

VSCode provides suggestions in .md and .tex files, just not user snippets. How do I fix this issue or employ some other way to use user snippets for Markdown and Latex?

Update: Snippets are now working in .md files, thanks to the comment by @Mark. I need to type the prefix and press Ctrl + Space. This solution does not, however, work for Latex.

Answer 1

For markdown files try this language-specific setting in your settings.json file:

  "[markdown]": {
    "editor.quickSuggestions": {
      "other": true,
      "comments": true,
      "strings": true
    }
  }

and you shouldn't need to trigger the snippet suggestion with Ctrl+Space anymore.

[For latex files I don't need that setting - if snippets aren't working in your latex files try the same setting but with latex.]

Answer 2

Sometimes "Ctrl+ Space" is a shortcut for switching input methods on Windows, please turn it off, it works for me