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Smart Parens and Brackets

Smart Parens & Brackets adds a closing paren or bracket, after the opening one is typed, and places a text field between them. The feature is activated if an opening parenthesis or bracket is typed at the end of a an identifier, or if a parenthesis is typed in front of it.

After a closing parenthesis is added, you can do the following:

Action Result
Press ENTER. The text field will be applied, and the caret will be placed to the right of the closing parenthesis.
Press “;”. The text field will be applied, and a semi-colon will be placed to the right of the closing parenthesis.
Enter the closing parenthesis. The text field will be applied, and the caret will be placed to the right of the closing parenthesis.
Press Backspace if the parentheses are empty. Both opening and closing parentheses will be deleted.

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You can customize Smart Parens & Brackets settings in the Smart Parens & Brackets page of CodeRush Classic Options.