Is is possible to enable Xcode autocompletion of Swift code snippets like 'iflet' in a top level context?

Question

Is is possible to enable Xcode autocompletion of basic Swift language code snippets like 'iflet' in a top level context ? If yes, then how?

Use case: Just experimenting with simple basic Swift syntax in the main.swift file of a new Command Line Tool project. Just minimalist tinkering stuff that is not required to be inside of struct , func , etc.

main.swift Xcode template

import Foundation

print("Hello, World!")

In the top level context of a freshly created main.swift , ifl does not autocomplete to anything useful:

However, inside a func inside a struct , then ifl autocompletes to an 'If-Let Statement':

Another use case: Or, maybe just doing some simple math. A quick calculator.

Another use case: Or, maybe just demonstrating a basic "if statement" to a young not-yet-a-programmer without complicating the demo with other programming constructs.

Answer 1

A workaround is to manually create a duplicate user entry and then change the availability scope.

Some observations of this workaround approach are:

1. be careful not to mask a completion that you do not want hidden.
2. does not have an explicit snippet import/export for backing up and/or sharing a snippet set.
   • The user snippets can be found in ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/CodeSnippets .
   • The auto generated UUID filename be changed to be a user readable filename.
   • The XML .codesnippet file can be moved to (add to) another Xcode installation.
3. it is tedious to make a duplicate user set by hand of the basic Swift constructs that work at the top code level.