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 <div class="section"> To add new items to an existing snippets drawer::</div>

 <ol>
 <li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following choices:</span>
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 <th valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" id="N10079">To start with this:</th>

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 <td valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" headers="N10079 ">An empty item that you can edit</td>

 <td valign="top" width="63.81909547738693%" headers="N10081 ">Right-click anywhere in an existing drawer, select <span class="uicontrol">Customize</span>,
 and click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">New</span> &gt; <span class="uicontrol">New Item</span>
 </span>.</td>

 </tr>

 <tr>
 <td valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" headers="N10079 ">Existing text pasted into a new item in an existing
 drawer</td>

 <td valign="top" width="63.81909547738693%" headers="N10081 ">Copy or cut text to the clipboard. In the Snippets view,
 right-click anywhere in an existing drawer and click <span class="uicontrol">Paste</span>.</td>

 </tr>

 <tr>
 <td valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" headers="N10079 ">Existing text pasted into a new item in a new or existing
 drawer</td>

 <td valign="top" width="63.81909547738693%" headers="N10081 ">Select the text, right-click, click <span class="uicontrol">Add to
 Snippets</span>, specify the name of the drawer in the Snippets view
 to which you want to add the item, and click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span>.</td>

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  A <span class="wintitle">Customize Palette</span> window
 appears.</li>

 <li class="stepexpand"><span>Type a name for the new item, and, optionally, provide a description.</span>
  The value that you type in the <span class="uicontrol">Name</span> field
 will appear next to the item's icon in the Snippets view.</li>

 <li class="stepexpand"><span>To include in the <span class="uicontrol">Template Pattern</span> field
 a variable that you have already defined, click <span class="uicontrol">Insert Variable
 Placeholder</span>. </span> A variable placeholder is a marker that,
 when tagging is inserted into the active file, will be replaced by the value
 that is entered into the <span class="uicontrol">Insert Template:</span><var class="varname">Item_name</var> dialog
 at insertion time. Clicking the <span class="uicontrol">Insert Variable Placeholder</span> button
 or typing Ctrl+Space activates a pop-up in the text area that prompts you
 with the correct sequences to create a marker for the variable. For
 example, if you create two variables named <var class="varname">uri</var> and <var class="varname">prefix</var>,
 and create variable placeholders for both, the template pattern might look
 like this:<pre>&lt;%@ taglib uri="${uri}" prefix="${prefix}" %&gt;</pre>

 </li>

 <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span>.</span></li>

 </ol>

 <div class="section">The new item will be added to the list of items in the appropriate
 drawer.</div>

 </div>

 <div><div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
 <div><a href="csrcedt001.html" title="The Snippets view lets you catalog and organize reusable programming objects, such as HTML tagging, JavaScript, and JSP code, along with files and custom JSP tags.">Snippets view</a></div>
 </div>
 <div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
 <div><a href="tsrcedt026.html" title="The Snippets view lets you catalog and organize reusable programming objects, such as HTML tagging, JavaScript, and JSP code, along with files and custom JSP tags. The view can be extended based on additional objects that you define and include.">Editing with snippets - overview</a></div>
 <div><a href="tsrcedt014.html" title="This documentation explains how to customize the Snippets view by adding a new drawer.">Adding snippets drawers</a></div>
 <div><a href="tsrcedt022.html" title="">Editing snippet items</a></div>
 <div><a href="tsrcedt016.html" title="This documentation describes how to delete or hide drawers and items in the Snippets view.">Deleting or hiding snippet items or
 drawers</a></div>
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	<div>
	<div class="section"> To add new items to an existing snippets drawer::</div>

	<ol>
	<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following choices:</span>
	<div class="tablenoborder"><table summary="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" frame="hsides" border="1" rules="rows">
	<thead align="left">
	<tr>
	<th valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" id="N10079">To start with this:</th>

	<th valign="top" width="63.81909547738693%" id="N10081">Do this:</th>

	</tr>

	</thead>

	<tbody>
	<tr>
	<td valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" headers="N10079 ">An empty item that you can edit</td>

	<td valign="top" width="63.81909547738693%" headers="N10081 ">Right-click anywhere in an existing drawer, select <span class="uicontrol">Customize</span>,
	and click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">New</span> > <span class="uicontrol">New Item</span>
	</span>.</td>

	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" headers="N10079 ">Existing text pasted into a new item in an existing
	drawer</td>

	<td valign="top" width="63.81909547738693%" headers="N10081 ">Copy or cut text to the clipboard. In the Snippets view,
	right-click anywhere in an existing drawer and click <span class="uicontrol">Paste</span>.</td>

	</tr>

	<tr>
	<td valign="top" width="36.18090452261307%" headers="N10079 ">Existing text pasted into a new item in a new or existing
	drawer</td>

	<td valign="top" width="63.81909547738693%" headers="N10081 ">Select the text, right-click, click <span class="uicontrol">Add to
	Snippets</span>, specify the name of the drawer in the Snippets view
	to which you want to add the item, and click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span>.</td>

	</tr>

	</tbody>

	</table>
	</div>
	A <span class="wintitle">Customize Palette</span> window
	appears.</li>

	<li class="stepexpand"><span>Type a name for the new item, and, optionally, provide a description.</span>
	The value that you type in the <span class="uicontrol">Name</span> field
	will appear next to the item's icon in the Snippets view.</li>

	<li class="stepexpand"><span>To include in the <span class="uicontrol">Template Pattern</span> field
	a variable that you have already defined, click <span class="uicontrol">Insert Variable
	Placeholder</span>. </span> A variable placeholder is a marker that,
	when tagging is inserted into the active file, will be replaced by the value
	that is entered into the <span class="uicontrol">Insert Template:</span><var class="varname">Item_name</var> dialog
	at insertion time. Clicking the <span class="uicontrol">Insert Variable Placeholder</span> button
	or typing Ctrl+Space activates a pop-up in the text area that prompts you
	with the correct sequences to create a marker for the variable. For
	example, if you create two variables named <var class="varname">uri</var> and <var class="varname">prefix</var>,
	and create variable placeholders for both, the template pattern might look
	like this:<pre><%@ taglib uri="${uri}" prefix="${prefix}" %></pre>

	</li>

	<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">OK</span>.</span></li>

	</ol>

	<div class="section">The new item will be added to the list of items in the appropriate
	drawer.</div>

	</div>

	<div><div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
	<div><a href="csrcedt001.html" title="The Snippets view lets you catalog and organize reusable programming objects, such as HTML tagging, JavaScript, and JSP code, along with files and custom JSP tags.">Snippets view</a></div>
	</div>
	<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
	<div><a href="tsrcedt026.html" title="The Snippets view lets you catalog and organize reusable programming objects, such as HTML tagging, JavaScript, and JSP code, along with files and custom JSP tags. The view can be extended based on additional objects that you define and include.">Editing with snippets - overview</a></div>
	<div><a href="tsrcedt014.html" title="This documentation explains how to customize the Snippets view by adding a new drawer.">Adding snippets drawers</a></div>
	<div><a href="tsrcedt022.html" title="">Editing snippet items</a></div>
	<div><a href="tsrcedt016.html" title="This documentation describes how to delete or hide drawers and items in the Snippets view.">Deleting or hiding snippet items or
	drawers</a></div>
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