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Bug 248432

Summary:	Wrong selection replacement
Product:	javascript	Reporter:	Petr Hrebejk <phrebejk>
Component:	Editor	Assignee:	Petr Pisl <ppisl>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Petr Hrebejk 2014-11-05 16:40:21 UTC

have a text like:

setFilterKind.bind($data, 'UNIFIED')

place selection on:

bind($data

press (

What you get is:


setFilterKind.(bind($data,) 'UNIFIED')

which is pretty confusing.

There are very similar problems with " it is often pretty complicated to make the IDE to place them in correct places.

I would prefer not to have the wrap selection feature at all than this. The gesture of selecting something and replacing it with a character typed is pretty standard and should not be overridden by the wrap-selection functionality.

Comment 1 Roman Svitanic 2015-06-09 14:44:48 UTC

If you don't like the mentioned feature, then you can easily turn it off:
Go to CC options: Options > Editor > Code Completion

and then you can customize both cases:

1. Brackets/parentheses
Select "All Languages" and uncheck there "Insert Closing Brackets Automatically"

2. Quotes
Select "JavaScript" and uncheck "Use Smart Quotes"