Emmet is an add-on for code editors that allows you to write HTML and CSS more quickly.
On the HTML front, it allow you to write abbreviations for HTML. For instance
table>tr*3>td*3
Turns into
<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
When you “expand” it. Expanding happens with a trigger key, usually the TAB key.
This is similar to Zen Coding, and in fact Emmet is an evolution of Zen Coding. You can get pretty fancy with this and it really start to feel natural and powerful after a while. You can get comfortable with it, because Emmet is available on such a huge array of code editors including right on CodePen.
On the CSS front, Emmet offers what is called Fuzzy Search, which allows you to quickly/loosely type CSS properties and values and it will take a stab at expanding it out into what you mean. It usually works pretty good.
For instance, w[TAB]
turns into width: ;
with the cursor right before the semicolon. ov:h[TAB]
turns into overflow: hidden;
Pretty rad, you’ll just have to give it a try. It’s smarter than trying to memorize an exact abbreviation for every single CSS property and value (there are just too many).
usin emmet with sublimeText 2 and it’s speeding my workflow significantly.
You can get an html5 page structure by just typing the exclamation point ! You should also try meta:vp (to get a viewport tag). link:css to get a css link. and script:src for a script tag. My other favorite is control-w on sublime text it lets you add an abbreviation to a list of things.
Using meta:vp will give the content that is not good to use like user-scalable=no or like initial-scale=1.0 which we don’t need in some cases as initial of any viewport will be 1.0. And also enlighten us about the use of control-w
Yes about the meta:vp, but it’s a good starting point. For control-w, type in something like.
facebook
twitter
flickr
and then as the abbreviation type in:
ul>li*>a[href=”http://$#.com”]{$#}
Using the * in the li will apply the abbreviation each line in the selected elements, use the brackets for attributes and curly brackets for text inside a tag.
the post and your comment is kinda old and that ctrl+w that you mention might have work but it doesn’t work like that now, it is ctrl+shift+a or g, those do what you said about the abbreviation :)
I find that in Sublime, the command to “wrap currently selected text in an abbreviation (e.g. a new
<div>
) is control-w.In CodePen, it’s command-shift-a (because of Emmet + CodeMirror).
In Coda, it’s control-a
Does it work with cloud 9?
Nice video. I’ve had it installed in Notepad++ for a bit, and it is pretty sweet. It doesn’t have quite as many shortcuts as the Mac version from the looks of things, but I think I’m going to start using it a bit more.
Emmet is awesome, another feature I find myself using is wrap with tags (ctrl + shift + g on windows/sublime text). It even indents the code nicely.
I actually have no need/desire to use something like jade because of emmet.
Emmet :) I loved ZenCoding ever since it first became available. This is and should be top most priority thing to use in anyone’s workflow.
I really liked this video
-not because I found about emmet via this video
-not because There is no other resources online about emmet
Hi @Samiullah,
yes I love Chris’ videos too they are great but saying there is no other or better source is a bit disrespectful to the very author of Emmet: Sergey Chikuyonok because he made great DOCS for Emmet.
And there ARE other good tutorials:
Tuts+ Emmet
Goodbye Zen Coding Hello Emmet
7 Awesome Emmet HTML Time-Saving Tips
Try to google more next time using “topic you want” + keywords like “docs, intro, tutorial, basics”.
Cheers mate.
Hi Yourself @Daniel Krsiak
Don’t take it seriously man,
I’ve great respect for the author of emmet and all of the resources that you have mentioned.
That was just my opinion, and I appreciate this video because it worked for me, not the other’s it’s hard to me to read those long blog post, or dig into those docs.
Again, I’m sorry, if my words did hurt you.
What theme is that? Ur Sublime Text looks nice ;)
I think it’s Flatland!
https://github.com/thinkpixellab/flatland
Emmet is AMAZING! I discovered it a few months ago, and it has dramatically increased my workflow. Great idea for sharing.
Great video!
It’s pretty fun, I read about Emmett Till yesterday, thanks to Kanye:
http://rapgenius.com/Kanye-west-through-the-wire-lyrics#note-9234
Glad to see a shoutout for Emmet, it’s my all time favorite plugin for anything. Can’t believe I missed when CodePen rolled over from Zen.
Thanks for this. It helped me finally take the plunge and try out Emmet. For whatever reason, I always had the idea it was much harder to pick up than you show it to be.
While “Emmet” glides off the tongue easier than saying “Zen coding,” I will always prefer the latter. Mostly because it actually describes what it is.
Also, it makes the whiteboard part of the interview shorter.
I’m currently studying and I’ve learnt to use Emmet in a very short time as it is very intuitive with the fuzzy searching.
As for which color scheme he is using the one in the pictures is nexus I’m using the same theme in sublime text 3 but a different color scheme I like a phoenix-Dark Blue as it’s easy to read on my tired eyes.
{
“color_scheme”: “Packages/Theme – Phoenix/Color Scheme/Phoenix Dark Blue.tmTheme”,
“theme”: “Nexus.sublime-theme”
}
Thanks for the video, downloading now. I use it with Brackets editor. The ‘Live’ preview of HTML and CSS in Brackets is awesome and this extension makes it awsomer. Going thru the Code Academy tutorials seems like a pain because of no emmet.
Thank you so much for this!
Allows* :P you’re the man, Chris!
http://codepen.io/markthema3/pen/ulyaH
I’ve had this demo up for a while, just drop your cursor in the HTML box and press tab!
An advice for those who experience delays with Notepad++.
I started to use it along with notepad++, it was great but everytime I pressed the hotkey there was a significant delay before I saw the desired code popping out… it was nearly frustrating because I write css code very fast.
So I downloaded Brackets and installed Emmet, everything now works perfectly!
Update: Just tried it with Sublime text 3! Awesome! ST3 + EMMET = WIN
Sublime Text 3 still does not have the live preview, does it?
I found that actually something is were made: http://livestyle.emmet.io/install/#comment-993424912 (check te comments below)
If you’re using a CSS preprocessor to handle your autoprefixing, you may want to change your Emmet settings to not automatically include vendor prefixing for you. All you have to do is include
"css.autoInsertVendorPrefixes": false
in a file namedpreferences.json
. Place the.json
file in a folder calledextension support
. Then change yourEmmet.sublime-settings
file to point to your .json file by changingextensions_path":"~/emmet/
to"extensions_path": "~/path/to/extension_settings"
Just discovered this today. I am using textmate 2, and just playing around with it for a few mins I can already see how I will be incorporating this into my workflow. Love it! Thanks!
great tutorial and I am really enjoy watching it .. very helpful especially when someone try it directly during watching you do this magical abbreviations Stuff and of course you bring to us the perfect meaning of the awesomeness Big Up Bro ..
Does EMMITT work in Dreamweaver?
EMMET
I think now, when we have Jade, emmet doesn’t helpful for HTML…How you think?(Sorry for my English)