Surround multiple lines with quotes

Question

I'm trying to build a live template that will work like the 'wrap in comment' live template (that puts a // before each selected line). For example, select multiple lines of text, click Code > Surround With > Single quotes (custom live template) and quotes will appear around each line.

E.g. from:

text1
text2
text3

to:

'text1'
'text2'
'text3'

Unfortunately the template I define:

'$SELECTION$'

produces:

'text1
text2
text3'

which makes sense.

Is there any way to define a Live Template that will work on each line of my selection?

https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/PhpStorm+for+Users+of+Text+Editors#PhpStormforUsersofTextEditors-Multiplecaretsandselections/Sublime-styleMultipleColumns — LazyOne, Jan 11 '16 at 11:30
@LazyOne decent solution but if I've 30+ lines, I don't want to `alt` + click each line. — Rob Campion, Jan 11 '16 at 16:12
There are solutions that do not require even single Alt+Click that works with blocks of lines (e.g. Ctrl x 2 + start selecting) — LazyOne, Jan 11 '16 at 16:21
I think that this answer your question: https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/guide/tips/multi-cursor/ — miorey, Nov 08 '22 at 13:11

yole · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-11T11:59:27.660

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"Wrap in comment" is not a live template, but an action that is implemented in Java. In the same way, you can't accomplish what you need using a live template, but you can write a small plugin in Java to implement that feature. Please refer to the Editor Basics tutorial to get started with writing the plugin.

edited Jan 11 '16 at 11:59

answered Jan 08 '16 at 14:58

yole

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can you provide an example or link to doc? – Rob Campion Jan 11 '16 at 11:25

Surround multiple lines with quotes

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