React Typescript Snippets

v0.1.4 · by Vishnu Roshan · added 3 November 2026

A collection of useful React + TypeScript snippets to speed up your development.

Snippets

How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for React Typescript Snippets. The extension's id is react-typescript-snippets.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

React TypeScript Snippets for Zed IDE

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A comprehensive collection of React and TypeScript snippets for the Zed IDE to improve your development speed and productivity.

Features

This extension provides a comprehensive set of snippets for React and TypeScript development, including:

React functional components with TypeScript
React hooks (useState, useEffect, useCallback, etc.) - Now available in both .tsx and .ts files!
TypeScript types, interfaces, and type guards
Function and class declarations
Import/export statements
Error handling patterns
Custom hooks and advanced patterns
Tree-shakeable named imports (no more React. prefixes!)
And much more!

Installation

Method 1

Go to Extensions menu in Zed IDE
Search for "zed-react-ts-snippets"
Click "Install"

Method 2

Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/vishnuroshan/zed-react-ts-snippets.git

Go to Extensions menu in Zed IDE
Click "Install Dev Extension"
Select the folder you cloned

Usage

or TypeScript file and press Tab to expand the snippet.

File Support

.tsx files: All snippets available (components, hooks, types, etc.)
.ts files: React hooks and TypeScript utility snippets available
- Perfect for custom hooks (.hook.ts files)
- Ideal for separating logic from components
- All hook snippets work without JSX syntax Start typing the snippet prefix (e.g., rfc) in a TSX file and press Tab to expand the snippet.

Available Snippets

Prefix (`.tsx` and `.ts`)	Description
React Components
`rfc`	React Functional Component (const)
`rff`	React Functional Component (function)
`frc`	ForwardRef Component with props
`hk`	Custom Hook Template
`rctx`	React Context with Provider and hook
React Hooks
`us`	useState Hook with TypeScript
`uem`	useEffect Hook runs once at mount
`uer`	useEffect Hook runs on every render
`cleanup`	useEffect Hook Cleanup
`useMemo`	useMemo Hook
`useCallback`	useCallback Hook
`useRef`	useRef Hook
`uih`	useImperativeHandle Hook
`useLayoutEffect`	useLayoutEffect Hook
`useDebugValue`	useDebugValue Hook
`useContext`	useContext Hook
`useReducer`	useReducer Hook
TypeScript Types
`tst`	New Type Alias
`tsi`	New Interface
`intr`	Interface
`typ`	Type
`enum`	Enum
`tsrcd`	Record utility type
`tgf`	Type Guard Function
Functions & Classes
`tsfn`	Function Declaration
`tsafn`	Arrow Function
`func`	Function
`tscls`	Class with Constructor
`tsserv`	Generic Service Class Template
Imports & Exports
`tsimprt`	Import Statement
`tsxprt`	Module Export
Utilities
`tsfetch`	Typed Fetch Function
`tstc`	Try/Catch block
type { FC } from 'react';

interface ComponentNameProps { propName: type; }

const ComponentName: FC = ({ propName }) => { return ; };

export default ComponentName;


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### useState Hook

Type `us` and press Tab:

```tsx
const [state, setState] = useState<type>(initialValue);

Now works in .ts files too! Perfect for custom hooks:

// useCounter.hook.ts
import { useState } from 'react';

export function useCounter(initialValue: number) {
  const [count, setCount] = useState<number>(initialValue); // Type 'us' + Tab
  // ... rest of hook logic
}

useEffect Hook

Type uem and press Tab:


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### useEffect Hook

Type `uem` and press Tab:

```tsx
React.useEffect(() => {}, []);

TypeScript Interface

Type tsi and press Tab:

interface InterfaceName {
  key: type;
}

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Fork the repository
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Vishnu Roshan - vishnuroshan

Repository

https://github.com/vishnuroshan/zed-react-ts-snippets