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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--Arbortext, Inc., 1988-2006, v.4002-->
+<!DOCTYPE task PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Task//EN"
+ "..\dtd\task.dtd">
+<task id="tsrcedt015" xml:lang="en-us">
+<title>Adding items to snippets drawers</title>
+<prolog><metadata>
+<keywords><indexterm keyref="tsrcedt015|2|snippetitemsaddingtodrawers" status="changed">snippets<indexterm>drawers</indexterm></indexterm>
+</keywords>
+</metadata></prolog>
+<taskbody>
+<context> To add new items to an existing snippets drawer:</context>
+<steps>
+<step><cmd>Do one of the following choices:</cmd><info><table colsep="0" frame="topbot">
+<tgroup cols="2"><colspec colname="col1" colwidth="72*"/><colspec colname="col2"
+colwidth="127*"/>
+<thead>
+<row>
+<entry colname="col1" valign="top">To start with this:</entry>
+<entry colname="col2" valign="top">Do this:</entry>
+</row>
+</thead>
+<tbody>
+<row>
+<entry colname="col1">An empty item that you can edit</entry>
+<entry colname="col2">Right-click anywhere in an existing drawer, select <uicontrol>Customize</uicontrol>,
+and click <menucascade><uicontrol>New</uicontrol><uicontrol>New Item</uicontrol>
+</menucascade>.</entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+<entry colname="col1">Existing text pasted into a new item in an existing
+drawer</entry>
+<entry colname="col2">Copy or cut text to the clipboard. In the Snippets view,
+right-click anywhere in an existing drawer and click <uicontrol>Paste</uicontrol>.</entry>
+</row>
+<row>
+<entry colname="col1">Existing text pasted into a new item in a new or existing
+drawer</entry>
+<entry colname="col2">Select the text, right-click, click <uicontrol>Add to
+Snippets</uicontrol>, specify the name of the drawer in the Snippets view
+to which you want to add the item, and click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>.</entry>
+</row>
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table></info><stepresult>A <wintitle>Customize Palette</wintitle> window
+appears.</stepresult></step>
+<step><cmd>Type a name for the new item, and, optionally, provide a description.</cmd>
+<stepresult>The value that you type in the <uicontrol>Name</uicontrol> field
+will appear next to the item's icon in the Snippets view.</stepresult></step>
+<step><cmd>To include in the <uicontrol>Template Pattern</uicontrol> field
+a variable that you have already defined, click <uicontrol>Insert Variable
+Placeholder</uicontrol>. </cmd><info>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 <uicontrol>Insert Template:</uicontrol><varname>Item_name</varname> dialog
+at insertion time. Clicking the <uicontrol>Insert Variable Placeholder</uicontrol> 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.</info><stepxmp>For
+example, if you create two variables named <varname>uri</varname> and <varname>prefix</varname>,
+and create variable placeholders for both, the template pattern might look
+like this:<codeblock>&lt;%@ taglib uri="${uri}" prefix="${prefix}" %></codeblock></stepxmp>
+</step>
+<step><cmd>Click <uicontrol>OK</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
+</steps>
+<result>The new item will be added to the list of items in the appropriate
+drawer.</result>
+</taskbody>
+<related-links>
+<linkpool type="concept">
+<link href="csrcedt001.dita"><linktext>Snippets view</linktext></link>
+</linkpool>
+<linkpool type="task">
+<link href="tsrcedt026.dita"><linktext>Editing with snippets - overview</linktext>
+</link>
+<link href="tsrcedt014.dita"><linktext>Adding snippets drawers</linktext>
+</link>
+<link href="tsrcedt022.dita"><linktext>Editing snippet items</linktext></link>
+<link href="tsrcedt016.dita"><linktext>Deleting or hiding snippet items or
+drawers</linktext></link>
+</linkpool>
+</related-links>
+</task>

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