diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/snippetsRegistry.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/modes/snippetsRegistry.ts
index f05f11d7012144ce916f922d54c130ee6ee6f044..9aaf64e18ffa2f9f1f1f27dbc6e78c2d2a2df65e 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/snippetsRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/modes/snippetsRegistry.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import { localize } from 'vs/nls';
 import * as strings from 'vs/base/common/strings';
-import { IReadOnlyModel, IPosition } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
+import { ITokenizedModel, IPosition } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
 import { ISuggestion } from 'vs/editor/common/modes';
 import { Registry } from 'vs/platform/platform';
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export interface ISnippetsRegistry {
 	/**
 	 * Get all snippet completions for the given position
 	 */
-	getSnippetCompletions(model: IReadOnlyModel, position: IPosition): ISuggestion[];
+	getSnippetCompletions(model: ITokenizedModel, position: IPosition): ISuggestion[];
 
 }
 
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ class SnippetsRegistry implements ISnippetsRegistry {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public getSnippetCompletions(model: IReadOnlyModel, position: IPosition): ISuggestion[] {
-		const modeId = model.getModeId();
+	public getSnippetCompletions(model: ITokenizedModel, position: IPosition): ISuggestion[] {
+		const modeId = model.getModeIdAtPosition(position.lineNumber, position.column);
 		if (!this._snippets[modeId]) {
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/common/suggest.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/common/suggest.ts
index e428d68bafacd99dd97ae51825e44cfcec1252df..1019068eee4d54fdd4333deb49b9092fcbf6470b 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/common/suggest.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/common/suggest.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { compare } from 'vs/base/common/strings';
 import { assign } from 'vs/base/common/objects';
 import { onUnexpectedError } from 'vs/base/common/errors';
 import { TPromise } from 'vs/base/common/winjs.base';
-import { IReadOnlyModel, IPosition } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
+import { IModel, IPosition } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommon';
 import { CommonEditorRegistry } from 'vs/editor/common/editorCommonExtensions';
 import { ISuggestResult, ISuggestSupport, ISuggestion, SuggestRegistry } from 'vs/editor/common/modes';
 import { ISnippetsRegistry, Extensions } from 'vs/editor/common/modes/snippetsRegistry';
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const snippetSuggestSupport: ISuggestSupport = {
 
 	triggerCharacters: [],
 
-	provideCompletionItems(model: IReadOnlyModel, position: Position): ISuggestResult {
+	provideCompletionItems(model: IModel, position: Position): ISuggestResult {
 		const suggestions = Registry.as<ISnippetsRegistry>(Extensions.Snippets).getSnippetCompletions(model, position);
 		if (suggestions) {
 			return { suggestions };
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const snippetSuggestSupport: ISuggestSupport = {
 	}
 };
 
-export function provideSuggestionItems(model: IReadOnlyModel, position: Position, snippetConfig: SnippetConfig = 'bottom', onlyFrom?: ISuggestSupport[]): TPromise<ISuggestionItem[]> {
+export function provideSuggestionItems(model: IModel, position: Position, snippetConfig: SnippetConfig = 'bottom', onlyFrom?: ISuggestSupport[]): TPromise<ISuggestionItem[]> {
 
 	const allSuggestions: ISuggestionItem[] = [];
 	const acceptSuggestion = createSuggesionFilter(snippetConfig);
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function fixOverwriteBeforeAfter(suggestion: ISuggestion, container: ISuggestRes
 	}
 }
 
-function createSuggestionResolver(provider: ISuggestSupport, suggestion: ISuggestion, model: IReadOnlyModel, position: Position): () => TPromise<void> {
+function createSuggestionResolver(provider: ISuggestSupport, suggestion: ISuggestion, model: IModel, position: Position): () => TPromise<void> {
 	return () => {
 		if (typeof provider.resolveCompletionItem === 'function') {
 			return asWinJsPromise(token => provider.resolveCompletionItem(model, position, suggestion, token))
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/electron-browser/snippetCompletion.ts b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/electron-browser/snippetCompletion.ts
index 6f0ccc3b2de48228f10798f55236dbc3de94eff1..247f143457e30273d994ace966e3aca43871e1fb 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/electron-browser/snippetCompletion.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/contrib/suggest/electron-browser/snippetCompletion.ts
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ class ShowSnippetsActions extends EditorAction {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		const {lineNumber, column} = editor.getPosition();
+		const modeId = editor.getModel().getModeIdAtPosition(lineNumber, column);
+
 		const picks: ISnippetPick[] = [];
-		Registry.as<ISnippetsRegistry>(Extensions.Snippets).visitSnippets(editor.getModel().getModeId(), snippet => {
+		Registry.as<ISnippetsRegistry>(Extensions.Snippets).visitSnippets(modeId, snippet => {
 			picks.push({
 				label: snippet.prefix,
 				detail: snippet.description,