Custom Bracket Select

[!NOTE] This is a fork of jhasse.bracket-select2, which was a fork of chunsen.bracket-select. This fork (ycookiey.bracket-select3) is created to continue maintenance.

This is a simple plugin that support to quick select text between matched brackets. This plugin supports (), {}, [],"", '', and `` by default. You can customize supported brackets and quotes in settings.

Really hope this plugin can help you!

Quick start

Just run command BraSel:Select or type alt+a to select text between brackets. If you wish to select more, just press it again.

If you slected more than you want, at anytime, just press Ctrl+U (Cursor Undo), you will bring the previous selections back.

If you wish to select text including the brackets, just run BraSel:Select Include Brackets or type cmd+alt+a on mac and ctrl+alt+a on windows.

This plugin also works for multiple cursors:

Requirements

None

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• bracket-select.brackets: Array of bracket pairs to support.
• bracket-select.quotes: Array of quote characters to support.

Example configuration to add angle brackets <>:

"bracket-select.brackets": [
    ["(", ")"],
    ["{", "}"],
    ["[", "]"],
    ["<", ">"]
]