🤖 Wrap

Wrap is a simple but useful Sublime Text plugin that wraps the selected text (or text under cursor) with brackets (example: pass as argument into function/method, pass as index/key into array/list).

🎬 Demonstration

💻 Installation

The easiest way to install Wrap is through Package Control. After it is enabled inside Sublime Text, open the command palette and find Package Control: Install Package and press ENTER. Then, find Wrap in the list. Press ENTER again, and this plugin is installed!

📈 Usage

This plugin includes the command wrap, which can be run in the command palette as Wrap: Wrap.

Running the Wrap: Wrap command, the text selected or under cursor will be wrapped by brackets (bracket type can be customized). A placeholder will be inserted before the starting bracket and become selected.

Example:

• Original code: x (x is selected or under cursor)
• After Wrap: Wrap: abc(x) (abc selected)

⚙ Customization

The Wrap plugin can be customized to your requirements.

🔧 Preferences

The types of brackets used by Wrap can be customized via the command Preferences: Wrap.

Change the default bracket type with the bracket_type setting.

Change context-specific bracket types with the contexts setting.

Default and context-specific bracket_types can be strings or lists. Strings can be used when a pair of brackets is 2 characters. Otherwise, use a list. Here are some examples:

• "()", "[]", "{}"
• ["{{ ", " }}"], ["[[ ", " ]]"]

⌨ Keybindings

Keybindings can be created for the wrap command.

• Run the Preferences: Wrap Key Bindings command in the command palette.
• Add your keybindings!

Below is an example of the keybinding file:

[
    {
        "keys": ["alt+w"],
        "command": "wrap"
    }
]