Emmet Syntax
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- Emmet in Visual Studio Code (code.visualstudio.com)
- Emmet 2 for Sublime Text (github.com)
- Emmet for Coda (emmet.io)
- Emmet for Atom (github.com)
Multiplication: *
ul>li*5
<ul>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
Child: >
nav>ul>li
<nav>
<ul>
<li></li>
</ul>
</nav>
Custom attributes
p[title=“Hello world”]
<p title="Hello world"></p>
td[rowspan=2 colspan=3 title]
<td rowspan="2" colspan="3" title=""></td>
[a=‘value1’ b=“value2”]
<div a="value1" b="value2"></div>
Text:
a{Click me}
<a href="">Click me</a>
p>{Click }+a{here}+{ to continue}
<p>Click <a href="">here</a> to continue</p>
ID and CLASS attributes
#header
<div id="header"></div>
.title
<div class="title"></div>
form#search.wide
<form id="search" class="wide"></form>
p.class1.class2.class3
<p class="class1 class2 class3"></p>
Implicit tag names
.class
<div class="class"></div>
em>.class
<em><span class="class"></span></em>
ul>.class
<ul>
<li class="class"></li>
</ul>
table>.row>.col
<table>
<tr class="row">
<td class="col"></td>
</tr>
</table>
Sibling: +
div+p+bq
<div></div>
<p></p>
<blockquote></blockquote>
Climb-up: ^
div+div>p>span+em^bq
<div></div>
<div>
<p><span></span><em></em></p>
<blockquote></blockquote>
</div>
div+div>p>span+em^^bq
<div></div>
<div>
<p><span></span><em></em></p>
</div>
<blockquote></blockquote>
Grouping: ()
div>(header>ul>li*2>a)+footer>p
<div>
<header>
<ul>
<li><a href=""></a></li>
<li><a href=""></a></li>
</ul>
</header>
<footer>
<p></p>
</footer>
</div>
(div>dl>(dt+dd)*4)+footer>p
<div>
<dl>
<dt></dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt></dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt></dt>
<dd></dd>
<dt></dt>
<dd></dd>
</dl>
</div>
<footer>
<p></p>
</footer>
$
ul>li.item$*3
<ul>
<li class="item1"></li>
<li class="item2"></li>
<li class="item3"></li>
</ul>
h$[title=item$]{Header $}*3
<h1 title="item1">Header 1</h1>
<h2 title="item2">Header 2</h2>
<h3 title="item3">Header 3</h3>
ul>li.item$$$*3
<ul>
<li class="item001"></li>
<li class="item002"></li>
<li class="item003"></li>
</ul>
ul>li.item$@-*3
<ul>
<li class="item3"></li>
<li class="item2"></li>
<li class="item1"></li>
</ul>
ul>li.item$@2*3
<ul>
<li class="item2"></li>
<li class="item3"></li>
<li class="item4"></li>
</ul>
Also see
- Emmet Cheat sheet (docs.emmet.io)