AutoQuote Extension for Visual Studio Code

AutoQuote is a simple yet powerful Visual Studio Code extension designed to make working with single and double quotes more efficient. It enables users to quickly add quoted sections with a comma and space, making your coding workflow smoother. I simply made this because while working during some data science lab times, I found it extremely annoying having to manually put quotes in lists etc.

Features

• Insert Single Quotes: Add a comma, a space, and a pair of single quotes ('') at the cursor's position or after the nearest closing quote.
• Insert Double Quotes: Add a comma, a space, and a pair of double quotes ("") at the cursor's position or after the nearest closing quote.
• Interoperability: Regardless of the type of closing quote (' or "), you can choose to insert either single or double quotes.
• Cursor Placement: Automatically positions the cursor between the newly inserted quotes for immediate typing.

Commands

• Insert Single Quote: ctrl+' (Windows/Linux) or cmd+' (macOS)
• Insert Double Quote: ctrl+shift+' (Windows/Linux) or cmd+shift+' (macOS)
• Wrap Text in Quotes: ctrl+' (Windows/Linux) or cmd+' (macOS) for single quotes, ctrl+shift+' (Windows/Linux) or cmd+shift+' (macOS) for double quotes

Usage Examples

1. Inserting Single Quotes

Before: "hello|"

Press ctrl+' (or cmd+' on macOS).

After: "hello", '|'

Before: 'hello'

Press ctrl+'

After: 'hello', '|'

2. Inserting Double Quotes

Before: 'world|'

Press ctrl+shift+' (or cmd+shift+' on macOS).

After: 'world', "|"

Before: "world|"

Press ctrl+shift+' (or cmd+shift+' on macOS).

After: "world", "|"

3. Inserting Quotes at Cursor

Before: hello|

Press ctrl+' (or cmd+' on macOS).

After: hello, '|''

Demo

This is a demonstration using commands for both kind of quotes:

Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Go to the Extensions view by clicking on the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar on the side of the window or pressing Ctrl+Shift+X.
3. Search for AutoQuote.
4. Click Install.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or a pull request on GitHub.

License

This extension is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License.