From f0629b4e6a9a27f108d4118390421ee8237a9e18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pluto <devvaannsh@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:53:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: emmet not working for abbreviations when written inside
 a tag

---
 src/extensions/default/HTMLCodeHints/main.js | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/extensions/default/HTMLCodeHints/main.js b/src/extensions/default/HTMLCodeHints/main.js
index fcf8ea4f9..b7ca92503 100644
--- a/src/extensions/default/HTMLCodeHints/main.js
+++ b/src/extensions/default/HTMLCodeHints/main.js
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
     function _findAbbreviationStart(line, cursorCh) {
         let start = cursorCh;
         let insideBraces = false;
+        let lastGtPos = -1;
 
         // If the cursor is right before a closing brace, adjust it to be "inside" the braces
         if (line.charAt(start) === '}' || line.charAt(start) === ']') {
@@ -232,6 +233,20 @@ define(function (require, exports, module) {
                 insideBraces = false;
             }
 
+            // if we hit '<', this means that we've entered an HTML tag (e.g., <p>, <div>)
+            // so in that case we need to return position right after the last '>' (we store it in lastGtPos)
+            // use case scenario: "<p>lorem" to extract "lorem" instead of "<p>lorem"
+            if (char === '<') {
+                if (lastGtPos !== -1) {
+                    return lastGtPos + 1;
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (char === '>') {
+                lastGtPos = start - 1;
+            }
+
             // If the character is valid as part of an Emmet abbreviation, continue scanning backwards
             if (_isEmmetChar(char, insideBraces)) {
                 start--;