Is there a way to specify the initial cursor position in a Visual Studio item template?

Question

When you add, for example, a class to a project by selecting Add > New Item > Visual C# Items > Class, the blinking text cursor inside the new class will be at row 1, column 1. Is there a way to modify the template so that the blinking cursor appears in a different location?

using System;

namespace SomeNamespace
{
    class SomeClass
    {
        | <--- I'd like the blinking cursor to initially appear here
    }
}

have you found any solution that works? – mlst Aug 15 '20 at 13:58 — mlst, Aug 15 '20 at 13:58

score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 11 '13 at 10:45

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You want to use $END$. You can also make fields by surrounding other keywords with $$.

using System;

namespace $Namespace$
{
    public class $ClassName$
    {
        $END$
    }
}

answered Jun 11 '13 at 10:45

mikesigs

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I just realized this doesn't appear to work if ReSharper is not installed. – T Graham Jun 15 '13 at 14:49
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Resharper only. See: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/resharper/Templates__Template_Basics__Template_Variables.html. There doesn't appear to be any way to do this in vanilla VS. – BinarySolo Apr 17 '18 at 09:44

Is there a way to specify the initial cursor position in a Visual Studio item template?

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