WebStorm - Live templates - indicate the order of

Question

I am interested in if there is a mean to indicate where the writing the variable name should start

e.g if I call this live template:

console.log('$TEXT$', $TEXT$);
             ^

It will start writing from the first TEXT variable.

I want to start writing from the second one:

console.log('$TEXT$', $TEXT$);
                      ^

Answer 1

You cannot do that for the same variable as each variable is processed only once.

Solution:

1. Give them different names

   console.log('$TEXT$', $VAR$);$END$
   

   (I've also added $END$ to denote final cursor position)

2. Click on Edit Variables button

3. Rearrange variables in desired order (using Up / Down buttons on the right side)

4. Assign TEXT variable default text -- the value that you will enter into VAR variable.

5. Also check Skip if defined if you do not plan to edit the TEXT afterwards.

Result:

Related StackOverflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40606436/783119