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Type the trigger

Type your snippet prefix and the trigger, like ::quote. SprintBrain inserts the snippet when you pause, or straight away when you press Space, Tab or Enter.
  • Three letters are often enough. ::quo inserts the snippet when no other trigger starts with “quo”.
  • Capitals don’t matter. ::Quote works the same as ::quote.
  • Alternative queries work too. The extra words saved on a snippet act as triggers, so ::estimate can insert the same snippet as ::quote.

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Pick from the menu

Type the prefix on its own (::) and wait a moment. The Insert snippet menu opens at the cursor.
  • Keep typing to narrow the list.
  • ↑ and ↓ move through it, Tab or Enter inserts, Esc closes it.
  • Space closes the menu and keeps what you typed.
Prompts have a menu of their own: type """. See Prompts.

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Fill in the form

When a snippet has fields, a form opens where you typed. Fill in each box, then press Enter to insert or Esc to cancel. Date boxes open on today. You can change how a date prints, jump to a day such as Tomorrow or Next Monday, or set a time. These choices apply to this insert only. The saved snippet doesn’t change.

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Choose a language

If a snippet has more than one language, SprintBrain asks you to Choose a language to insert. To have one language picked for you each time, set Default Language in the extension popup’s settings.

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Undo

After an insert, a small card confirms it. Click Undo on the card to take the text back out.

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Right-click menu

Right-click inside a text field and open Insert SprintBrain snippet:
  • Recent: the last five snippets you used.
  • Your folders, with their subfolders inside them.
  • Unfiled: snippets that aren’t in a folder.
A snippet with several languages opens a submenu with one entry per language.

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Suggestions for selected text

Select a word in a text field. If it matches a snippet’s alternative queries, a small menu offers that snippet. Click it or press Enter to replace the selection. To turn this off, clear Suggest on selection in the extension popup’s settings.

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Copy from the popup

Click the SprintBrain icon in the Chrome toolbar and search. Click a snippet to open it, fill in its fields and click Copy filled, then paste the text where you need it.
  • Copy raw copies the body with its fields still in it.
  • Copy shortcut copies the trigger.
Use the popup for fields that don’t accept typed expansion.

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On your phone

Open app.sprintbrain.com/mobile to search, fill and copy snippets. See Mobile.

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Capital letters

With Automatic capitalization on (the default), a snippet inserted at the start of a message, on a new line, or after . ! ? starts with a capital letter. In the middle of a sentence it keeps the capitals you wrote. You can turn it off in the extension popup’s settings.