Sunday, June 29, 2014

HOW-TO: Surround text with quote in IntelliJ

A quick tip on how to surround a selection with quote or brace in IntelliJ.

If you wish to be able to easily surround a selected text with quote or brace you have 2 options I know about. You can create a Live Template in surround group and then call it with either Ctrl+Alt+t or Ctrl+Alt+j or you can configure Smart Keys properly to achieve it.

You can find this option in IDE Settings > Editor > Smart Keys > Surround selection on typing quote or brace. When this option is selected and you type quote (single or double) or brace (curly, square, parentheses , angle) whilst the text is selected, it will be automatically surrounded with either quote or brace. Pretty handy.

Enjoy!

14 comments:

  1. Patryk SmakoszSeptember 11, 2015 at 11:40 AM

    Thanks ! That was the thing i was looking for ! ;)

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  2. Micky LephendFebruary 11, 2016 at 10:27 AM

    Is it possible to add to the list of characters that trigger this behavior? Now, typing e.g. '*' with some text selected simply overwrites it even with this option checked...

    TIA

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  3. Gerald FullamApril 15, 2016 at 8:05 PM

    This was mostly helpful, but slightly different on a Mac.

    FWIW with IntelliJ IDEA 2016 on Mac OSX, you configure Smart Keys thusly:

    Menu bar:
    IntelliJ IDEA
    › Preferences...
    › Editor
    › General
    › Smart Keys:
    Check: "Surround selection on typing quote or brace".

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  4. Matthias LanghardJune 22, 2016 at 11:39 AM

    Thanks :)

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  5. Ismail IqbalAugust 5, 2016 at 12:35 PM

    Cool

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  6. UnknownJanuary 6, 2017 at 9:04 PM

    very nice!! thanks Gerald for the mac option

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  7. UnknownJanuary 6, 2017 at 9:05 PM

    very nice!! thanks Gerald for the mac option

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  8. kevin LutherFebruary 17, 2017 at 5:48 AM

    nice

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  9. UnknownMay 25, 2017 at 3:33 PM

    nice, that is exactly what i want

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  10. 纪寿安May 25, 2017 at 3:34 PM

    thanks , that is exactly what i want !!

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  11. ImOpuJune 12, 2017 at 9:15 PM

    Code Leaked! That worked. Thanks for saving my life!

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  12. elporfirioJuly 12, 2017 at 6:15 PM

    works excelent !! select and press quote :D

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  13. Bandesh KharnarSeptember 1, 2017 at 10:36 AM

    Thanks @RAFAŁ

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  14. Neil Gaetano LindbergNovember 15, 2017 at 6:38 PM

    Thanks :)

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