Overview

A snippet is a shortcut plus the text behind it. The shortcut is a short key, like mail or sig. In a text field you type // and the start of that key. A menu opens under the caret. Tab or Enter inserts the text and removes the shortcut.

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Alex / SlashNijo

What you can do

• Save up to 25 snippets on Free, with no account.
• Insert them in Gmail, Notion, LinkedIn, Slack, and other text fields.
• Pick an emoji with //:.
• Turn selected text into a snippet from the right-click menu.
• Sign in when you want the same library in another browser.

Pro removes the cap and adds folders, tags, variables such as @dateNow(), and a small form when a snippet needs a name or a date filled in on the spot. See Free and Pro.

Three steps

1. Create a key and paste the text you keep rewriting. Install, then your first snippet.
2. Type // in the field you are already writing in.
3. Choose a match with the arrow keys, then Tab or Enter. The key disappears. Your text is there.

Read next

• Install: add SlashNijo to Chrome.
• Keys: what a shortcut can be named.
• The menu: how // chooses a snippet.
• Sign in and sync: the same library in every browser.