Code snippet for 'protected void MethodName(object sender, EventArgs e)' method

When adding a method to handle server events (such as OnClick) I often found myself copying the Page_Load method and changing the name. I looked for a snippet which would create this method for me but had no luck, so I wrote one.

The snippet shortcut

Type evt then hit <tab><tab>

What the snippet outputs

protected void YourMethodName(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    
}

The Snippet

Save this snippet in your snippet folder as evt.snippet (see the download links for this article)

The snippet folder is typically located here:

\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC#\Snippets\1033\Visual C#

or here:

\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Code Snippets\Visual C#\My Code Snippets

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<CodeSnippets  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/2005/CodeSnippet">
    <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
        <Header>
            <Title>evt</Title>
            <Shortcut>evt</Shortcut>
            <Description>Code snippet for 'protected void MethodName(object sender, EventArgs e)' method</Description>
            <Author>Paul Hayman</Author>
            <SnippetTypes>
                <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
            </SnippetTypes>
        </Header>
        <Snippet>
      <Declarations>
        <Literal>
          <ID>methodname</ID>
          <ToolTip>Method Name</ToolTip>
          <Default>Page_Load</Default>
        </Literal>
      </Declarations>
            <Code Language="csharp">
                <![CDATA[protected void $methodname$(object sender, EventArgs e)
  {
      $end$
  }]]>
            </Code>
        </Snippet>
    </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>