Common VS code snippets for UE4
To install unzip to your VS code snippets directory. On my machine this is located in:
C:\Users<user name>\Documents\Visual Studio 2019\Code Snippets\Visual C++\My Code Snippets
where you need to substitute with that of your own user account. You will need to restart Visual Studio. Here is a list of the short cuts and what they do:
alla - inserts all access specifiers cppmain - generates a standard main function doxyc - generates a Doxygen comment for a class doxyf - generates a Doxygen comment for a function forx - generates a for loop with pre index func - generates a non virtual function declaration ifel - generates an if else statement ifelif - generates an if else if statement uactor - generates an AActor class uaicontroller - generates an AAIController class ubtservice - generates a UBTService_BlackboardBase class ubttask - generates a UBTTask_BlackboardBase class ucharacter - generates an ACharacter class umess - generates code for on screen debug message uallowprivate - generates allow private access meta tag in UPROPERTY macros uallowprotected - generates allow protected access meta tag in UPROPERTY macros uob - generates OnOverlapBegin UFUNCTION declaration ubp - generates BeginPlay function declaration ubw - generates bind widget UPROPERTY for widgets in UI code. ucdso - code snippet for CreateDefaultSubobject changecolour - Code to change colour of mesh on character. uep - Code for Endplay uexecutetask - ExecuteTask function declaration ufi - FORCEINLINE uexit - game exit code ugetplayer - code to get player character ulimit - generates code to limit camera pitch
imaterialh - generates an include for UMaterial iuwh - generates an include for UUserwidget iaiconth - include for AI controller iaisenseh - include for AI perception for hearing and sight ianiminstanceh - include for anim instance ianimmontageh - include for anim montage ibillboardh - header include for billboard component iboxh - UBoxComponent header include icapsulecomponenth - UCapsuleComponent header include iconsh - include for constructor helpers iengineh - header include for UEngine igameplaystaticsh - header include for UGameplayStatics ikismetmathh - header for Kismet maths library ikismetsystemh - header for kismet system imovementch - header include for character movement component iparticlesystemcomponenth - include for UParticleSystemComponent ipawnh - APawn header include ipconth - header for APlayerController iskeletalmeshsocket - include for USkeletalMeshSocket isoundcueh - include for USoundCue ispherecomponenth - include for USphereComponent istaticmeshch - UStaticMeshComponent header include itimermangerh - include for UTimerManager iumgh - header include for most UMG widgets iworldh - header include for UWorld