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TabInOut

TabInOut

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Tab out of quotes, brackets, etc
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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TabInOut

example

this repository was hard forked from https://github.com/albertromkes/tabout.

You can jump special symbols (any brackets, quotes, etc) using tab. also you can get back inside using shift-tab

Tab out of quotes, brackets, etc for Visual Studio Code.

The list of characters to TabInOut from is configured in Settings (https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/settings). You can remove and/or add characters to customize TabInOut to your liking.

Default list of characters to TabInOut from (click to expand)
        {
            "open": "[",
            "close": "]"
        },
        {
            "open": "{",        
            "close": "}"    
        },
        {
            "open": "(",
            "close": ")"
        },
        {
            "open": "'",
            "close": "'"
        },
        {
            "open": "\"",
            "close": "\""
        },
        {
            "open": ":",
            "close": ":"
        },
        {
            "open": "=",
            "close": "="
        },
        {
            "open": ">",
            "close": ">"
        },
        {
            "open": "<",
            "close": "<"
        },
        {
            "open": ".",
            "close": "."
        },
        {
            "open": "`",
            "close": "`"
        },
        {
            "open": ";",
            "close": ";"
        }
        

This extension is enabled by default. You can override this behaviour in your settings:

"tabInOut.disableByDefault": true

You can toggle the extension with the 'Toggle TabInOut' command.

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