Are you frustrated with the manual task of renaming paired HTML or XML tags in your code? Say goodbye to this tedious task with the Auto Rename Tag extension for Visual Studio Code!

What is Auto Rename Tag?

This extension streamlines your coding experience by automatically renaming a paired HTML/XML tag whenever you change one of them, much like the Visual Studio IDE performs. If you rename an opening tag, the corresponding closing tag updates simultaneously—saving time and reducing errors!

Getting Started with Auto Rename Tag

Follow these simple steps to install and configure the extension:

• Step 1: Install the Auto Rename Tag extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
• Step 2: Open your VS Code editor.
• Step 3: Go to the extensions view by clicking on the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar on the side of the window.
• Step 4: Search for “Auto Rename Tag” and click on the “Install” button.

Configuration

To customize the behavior of the Auto Rename Tag extension, you need to add an entry to the auto-rename-tag.activationOnLanguage setting. This setting determines which programming languages will activate the extension. By default, it is set to ["*"] which means it will apply to all languages.

An example of the configuration would look like this:

{
    "auto-rename-tag.activationOnLanguage": ["html", "xml", "php", "javascript"]
}

Using Auto Rename Tag

After installation, simply type your HTML/XML tags in your code. When you rename the opening or closing tag, the extension will automatically rename the paired tag.

Troubleshooting

If you encounter any issues while using the extension, here are some troubleshooting tips:

• Ensure that the Auto Rename Tag extension is correctly installed and enabled in VS Code.
• Check your settings.json file to confirm that the correct languages are listed under activationOnLanguage.
• Verify that you are not using VS Code’s built-in auto-update tags feature, which may conflict with this extension. If it is enabled, the Auto Rename Tag extension will skip HTML and Handlebars files.

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