Last Updated: July 3, 2019

Automatic Brace Wrap for Editor Selections

Macro Monday – a new macro to dig into every Monday!

The Macro

This is a startup macro (set to trigger when Komodo starts up) that will enable brace wrapping on an editor selection. Once you make a selection, pressing any of the brace or quote keys ( { [ ” ‘ will automatically add a matching brace or quote to the start and end points of the selection.

Screenshot

Here’s the macro in action, as I press the double-quote ” key:

Installation

To install the macro simply hit the “View Resource” and “Install Instructions” links below.

Once installed – open the Macro properties and set the macro to trigger on the Komodo startup event.

Install Instructions

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Todd Whiteman

Todd Whiteman

Todd Whiteman is the Development Lead for Komodo IDE. He works adeptly with Mozilla, Python and JavaScript to ensure that Komodo IDE is the IDE of choice for development teams. Todd has been working on Komodo IDE for nearly 6 years, adding components such as the Vi Key Bindings, Distributed Source Code Control, 64-bit Linux builds as well as Remote SSH support into Komodo IDE.