How to surround a text in quotes in netbeans IDE

Question

I have some text, say:

<td id=asd >

Is there a shortcut in netbeans, where a selected text can be surrounded by quotes?

 <td id="asd" >

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 19:37

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If the macro is not there by default here is macro code that will accomplish what you want

caret-begin-word "'" caret-end-word "'"

or

caret-begin-word "\"" caret-end-word "\""

NOTE: This will only surround a WORD in quotes. Not your selection.

You can also highlight what you want and just hit ' or " to surround the highlighted portion in quotes

Tested in NetBeans 7.2.1

answered Dec 05 '12 at 19:37

Nathan Knowles

1

Odd - I tried your last suggestion in 7.3, but I get the selected text replaced with the quote character I type. I'm editing a C file, though. – Greg Jandl Feb 27 '13 at 19:45

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '13 at 19:59

As already suggested, there is a quote-word macro defined that will quote a single word.

To gain the ability to quote a selection:

Go to Tools->Options->Editor->Macros
Click [New] to create a new macro. Call it quote-selection, or whatever seems best to you.

Paste in the following macro:

copy-to-clipboard "\"" paste-from-clipboard "\""

Click [Set Shortcut ...], then press your desired shortcut combination (eg. shift+ctrl+q)

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 19 '12 at 16:21

3

Go to

Tools->Options->Editor->Macros

and you will find a macro called quote-word

Just assign a shortcut to it and you can use it to surround a word with quotes.

answered Feb 19 '12 at 16:21

ughzan

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 30 '17 at 08:52

1

As of NETBEANS IDE 8.2 :

//i tried this on linux (debian)

STEP 1: First select "highlight" the text you want to be surrounded by quotes.
STEP 2: Press Shift - "

// Shift key and double quotes key

Hope this helps!!

answered Oct 30 '17 at 08:52

steven7mwesigwa

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