Is there a shortcut for a comment followed by a line of hyphens in visual studio?

Question

I would like to find an shortcut that does something like this:

//-------------------------
// like above and beneath
//-------------------------

Note: This type of comment is not generally used in C#. Preferably use XML doc comments (type three `///`) or use regions. — PMF, Mar 14 '21 at 18:05
Is this for Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code? You tagged them both. — Mark, Mar 14 '21 at 18:17
I tried to convey it was for both since I use both. I should have made it more clear, my mistake. — WinnieThePooh, Mar 15 '21 at 18:45
No problem, a lot of people get them confused and so you have to ask. — Mark, Mar 15 '21 at 19:11

Mark · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-14T18:15:29.153

[ For VS Code: ]

Reworking the snippet from https://stackoverflow.com/a/63440555/836330, try this:

"Custom Comment": {
    "prefix": ["cc2"],
    "body": [
        "//-${1/./-/g}--",
        "// $1",
        "//-${1/./-/g}--"
    ]
},

You can bind that to a shortcut too:

{
  "key": "ctrl+alt+r",
  "command":  "editor.action.insertSnippet",
  "args": {
    "name": "Custom Comment"
  },
  "when": "editorTextFocus"
}

If you already have the comment line and then later would like to wrap it as you showed, select the comment line first and then use this snippet:

"Custom Comment": {
    "prefix": ["cc2"],
    "body": [
      "//${TM_CURRENT_LINE/./-/g}",
      "${TM_SELECTED_TEXT}",
      "//${TM_CURRENT_LINE/./-/g}",
    ]
},

Is there a shortcut for a comment followed by a line of hyphens in visual studio?

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