visual studio code - Configure Emmet for JSX in VSCode

Question

I use CSS like this:

const styles = {
  foo: {
    color: 'red'
  }
}

<div className={styles.foo} />

and I want emmet to expand .foo to <div className={styles.foo}></div>

I don't see any reference to class or className in emmet's config file.

Also looked into preferences.json and didn't find a solution.

It seems very simple to do.

What am I missing here?

My code editor is vscode.

Answer 1

Emment configuration or enabling is editor specific. In VSCode, You need to enable it for current work space. Follow theses steps. (If you are busy, follow bold letters.)

1. Press Ctrl + , or Cmd + , or File > Preferences > Settings. This will open Settings window.
2. Go to Workspace tab > Extensions > Emmet. You'll see Edit in settings.json under Preferences.

1. You'll see following content by default (my version is 1.35.0) for the new version please see Kevin's comment

   {
       "folders": [],
       "settings": {}
   }
   

2. Change the content to below

   {
       "folders": [],
       "settings": {
           "emmet.includeLanguages": {
              "javascript": "javascriptreact"
           }
        }
   }
   

   • See more about emmet configuration

3. Save the file Ctrl + S.

4. Go to your .jsx file, type .myClass. Press tab. It should expand to following.

   <div className="myClass"></div>
   

EDIT: To obtain {myClass} instead of "myClass"

Currently it's a pending [feature request][3]. But you can go to `VSCodeInstallationDir/resources/app/extensions/emmet` and apply the patch. (using `npm i`)