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Ctrl+Shift+W Bad idea

In this video Guil Hernandez mentions Ctrl+Shift+W to wrap the selected area with a div.... But as workspaces was released after this video that shortcut key actually closes workspaces!

I think that shortcut is for the Editor Sublime Text (that Guil uses in his videos) http://www.sublimetext.com/3

I use Linux and that shortcut closes Sublime Text, too :) Maybe only works for a Mac computer.

I use Sublime on a Mac, and I'm pretty sure it's just Ctrl + W to wrap with a tag. Div is the default, but you can change it to any tag.

:) thanks for the hint Emily. Up to now I used ctrl&shift&w. But I love to press one key less.

6 Answers

Yes, it's a Sublime Text shortcut, though on Windows I know it's Alt+Shift+W by default:

From the default key bindings (Windows):

{ "keys": ["alt+shift+w"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": { "name": "Packages/XML/long-tag.sublime-snippet" } },

You could add/change the key binding in Sublime Text by adding the line above to your user key bindings file (with or without the trailing comma, depending on whether you have anything else in there and where you put it).

So I just checked on a Mac and yes it's Ctrl+Shift+W:

{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+w"], "command": "insert_snippet", "args": { "name": "Packages/XML/long-tag.sublime-snippet" } },

Whereas 'close window' on a Mac is Command+Shift+W:

{ "keys": ["super+shift+w"], "command": "close_window" },

(super is the command key...)

And on Windows, 'close window' is Ctrl+Shift+W:

{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+w"], "command": "close_window" },

If you're not using Sublime Text, I'd highly recommend you check it out! Handy keyboard shortcuts is only the beginning of what it can do!

I got it now, it is not CTRL+SHIFT+W it is ALT+SHIFT+W on windows 7 based sublime-3 editor, thanks. :)

Sublime Text 3 on the mac => it is Ctrl + W = wrapp selected content in a div

I used Ctrl+Shift+W on Sublime 3 on Windows, and it closed the sublime editor. I am lost?

For those of you using Brackets as your editor Ctrl-Shift-W will not work. The shortcut will in fact close all files.

To be able to wrap files I installed a plugin just now:

https://github.com/pedelman/brackets-surround

I tried it and it works fine. After highlighting code and hitting Ctrl - Shift - J (or Cmd - Shift - J for Mac.) you are promoted to add the tag with which you want to wrap the code.

Nice approach there, I'm using Cloud 9 and still not a clue on how to get that short-cut working. I would appreciate it if someone knew about it.

The problem I am having is that when I select the section I want to create the new <div>, hit Alt + Shift + w it selects more of the tags than I had selected.

Any suggestions on how to only keep the selected area I want?