Sublime Text 3 - Custom Command - Adding Text to element

Question

I'd like to create a custom keybinding on ST3 so that whenever I highlight an element or my cursos is next to it, it surrounds it with a predefined text.

Something that would look like that

{
"keys": ["ctrl+shift+m"], "command": "insert_snippet"
,"args": {"contents": "text before", "text after"}
}

So that: file.js

becomes: text before file.js text after

Any help will highly be appreciated.

I'm sorry, the solution of my answer only works when the text is selected, but not when its highlighted. — sergioFC, Jan 01 '15 at 23:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '14 at 01:51

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If the text that should be inserted after and before the selection is always the same you can use the $SELECTION variable:

{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+m"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": {"contents": "BEFORE_TEXT ${SELECTION} AFTER_TEXT"} }

answered Dec 31 '14 at 01:51

sergioFC

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Thank you sergioFC, your solution is fine, I managed to tweak it to my preferences with some documentation :) – Jean Henry Jan 19 '15 at 08:55

Sublime Text 3 - Custom Command - Adding Text to element

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