I have tried much time to toggle quotes in the selected string and it did nothing, I tried in JS and PHP files.

Would you mind publishing this extension to Open VSX in addition to the Visual Studio Marketplace? Open VSX is a vendor-neutral open-source registry that can be used by any editor or IDE that supports VS Code extensions, whereas VS Marketplace's Terms of Use requires that the Marketplace and any extensions it distributes only be used with Microsoft products.

Here's Open VSX's publishing instructions. It looks like a pretty easy one-time process:

1. Log onto their site and create an access token.
2. Use their ovsx CLI to create a namespace.
3. Claim ownership of the namespace.
4. Add an ovsx publish command to your publishing script.

Alternatively, if you give this project an open-source license (I'd be happy to make a PR to add one if you let me know which license you prefer), I can add this repository to Open VSX's extension-publishing CI, and you won't need to worry about publishing it yourself. 👍🏼

I tried ctrl+'. It did not work. It turned out that on a Swedish keyboard the default binding is something quite different.

I'd love to be able to use this to make smart/curly quotes an option in text files. Straight quotes convert to curly and vice-versa.

This would of course require more logic, because the char inserted at the beginning would differ from the one at the end, but that additional logic would enable such things as <>, {}, [], and ().

And if your code doesn't require single-char strings, it would also enable more open/close pairs that the user could specify per filetype: {{ }}, , etc.

First off; awesome plugin 💪

minor issue im having:

vscode doesn't know about the configuration described in the README, which makes me unable to use autocomplete for configuring this

not sure what's going on, I though vscode would be smart about this.

does anybody else have this problem?

Would be nice to have an icon for the extension. Makes it easier to find in the extensions menu. Currently, it looks like this:

Just need to add an icon field in the package.json. See the Extension Manifest docs.

The path to the icon of at least 128x128 pixels (256x256 for Retina screens).

It would be nice to be able to surround an element under the cursor with quotes and also to remove quotes completely. The cycle that now changes quotes could also ultimately remove and add them. E.g.:
I have an element in an array:
{
category: default
}
When I select or put the cursor on the category I would like it get quoted.

So the quote changing cycle could look like this:
category -> 'category' -> "category" -> category

The extension can't be found in Open VSX Registry.

Editors derived from VS Code such as Gitpod and VS Codium cannot access Microsoft's marketplace by policy, so Open VSX is being used as an alternative marketplace.

As a user of Gitpod, Hopefully, I want you to post an extension on open vsx.

Thank you.

Feels strange having the default hotkey involving the Windows button on Windows. I've rebound it to ctrl+', but would be nice for new users of the extension to skip that step.

In the keybindings contribution, cmd is perceived as the Windows button on Windows, but you can define different default hotkeys based on the user's platform: see here

This is probably just an oversight, but in case it's intentional, here are some points to consider:

• Out of all my extensions and keybindings, this is the only one that makes use of the Windows button, and binding to the Windows button is unconventional.
• Likely to break because Microsoft likes to create new Windows button hotkeys all the time (like win+; and win+. for the native emoji picker they added recently)',
• As a side effect of no one using Windows hotkeys, it's feels really uncomfortable for me to press the Windows button as a modifier while programming regularly.

It’s great that we can do pairs like [["<", ">"]] but in some languages, like Ruby, there can be asymmetrical pairs, like [["%{", "}"]].

How difficult would it be to support those kinds of pairs?

mainThreadExtensionService.ts:95 Activating extension 'passionkind.prettier-vscode-with-tabs' failed: Cannot find module 'prettier-with-tabs'
Require stack:
- /Users/colch/.vscode/extensions/passionkind.prettier-vscode-with-tabs-1.1.0/out/src/PrettierEditProvider.js
- /Users/colch/.vscode/extensions/passionkind.prettier-vscode-with-tabs-1.1.0/out/src/extension.js
- /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/loader.js
- /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/bootstrap-amd.js
- /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/bootstrap-fork.js.

dunno if I installed it incorrectly somehow?

Question as title.
I can only toggle quote from single to double, but can't toggle to ``.

OS: Mojave 10.14.3
vscode version: 1.36.1

I used the following config trying to get support for Ruby's Percent Strings:

  "[ruby]": {
    "togglequotes.chars": [
    "\"",
    "'",
    ["%(", ")"]
  ]
  },

While it worked great to switch from "foo" to 'foo' to %(foo), after that last one it won't cycle back to the first.

I also experimented with an extended version which shows that it just stops as soon as the beginning is a two or three character string.

  "[ruby]": {
    "togglequotes.chars": [  
    "\"",
    "'",
    "`",
    ["%(", ")"],
    ["%[", "]"],
    ["%{", "}"],
    ["%q(", ")"],
    ["%i(", ")"],
    ["%r(", ")"],
    ["%s(", ")"],
    ["%w(", ")"],
    ["%x(", ")"],
  ]
  },

I think it would be great to support multi-character pairs.

Going beyond that, here are some more ideas which might be extracted to separate issues if somebody is interested:

Extended version for here docs

As an extended version, maybe even including newlines to allow here docs like e.g.

puts <<EOF
foo
bar
EOF

However, I personally use different here doc markers and not only EOF, so this might become a rabbit hole. Also there are extra variants for not having the end marker at the beginning of the line (like <<~EOF). Also, this would possibly raise additional questions like indentation etc.

Basic and advanced replacements

As pointed out in the previous examples, there might be tons of possible replacements one might add, but 90% of the time, it's only ", ' and `. A solution might be a second command, e.g. with additional alt-modifier by default. It could be configured with "togglequotes.extChars" and cycle not only through "togglequotes.chars" but both lists. The existing command could replace from both, but only to the regular list.

I'll stop here as this is most likely already waaaay out of scope for this nice little extension 😉

This change seems simple enough to implement across the entire file, but I was wondering if someone could help with limiting the change to only inside the <script> tags of the file?

Wanted to install Toggle Quotes into the in browser editor https://vscode.dev But get the error:

The 'Toggle Quotes' extension is not available in Visual Studio Code for the Web. Learn Why

Learn Why link takes to:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/vscode-web#_extensions

Can you provide partial or full support for the in browser editor?

This is the most useful feature that vscode for web is missing out of the box.

Problem

Part of #21 request was to allow to toggle quote within (to work with regex selection easier).

Solution

Idea from @v-kydela

• Add a command "Toggle Quotes: Within"
• Keep "Toggle Quotes: Surrounding" as default
• Allow calling any command via the command launcher.
• Allow changing the default

See #29

Animated gif probably.

Do you see any potential to make it faster?

Problem

As of now, there is only one quote sequence " -> ' -> ` which is not suitable for all language (especially the tick)

Solution

• Default the Tick to JavaScript, Typescript, and Markdown only.
• Allow customization with togglequotes.chars For example.

"configurationDefaults": {          
  "[csharp]": {
    "togglequotes.chars": ["\"","'","`"]
  }
}

Could you add a config option to exclude the back tick (`) from the characters this plugin rotates through?

I mostly use ruby and the back tick is not a character you use with strings.

If I have a JSON document that is entirely single-quoted and I need to make it double-quoted, I'd have to select every property name and value one at a time. If that's outside the scope of this extension, is there another extension that could toggle quotes for the whole document?

Pressed: command + '
Expected: editor to toggle quotes
Got: Running the contributed command: 'editor.togglequotes' failed.

System info

VSCode: Version 1.35.1 (1.35.1)
OSX: Mojave 10.14.5
ToggleQuotes: 0.3.2

logs:

[2019-06-19 17:35:09.107] [exthost] [error] TypeError: Cannot read property 'indexOf' of undefined
	at findChar (/Users/me/.vscode/extensions/britesnow.vscode-toggle-quotes-0.3.2/out/src/extension.js:67:29)
	at toggle (/Users/me/.vscode/extensions/britesnow.vscode-toggle-quotes-0.3.2/out/src/extension.js:35:26)
	at vscode_1.commands.registerCommand (/Users/me/.vscode/extensions/britesnow.vscode-toggle-quotes-0.3.2/out/src/extension.js:16:9)
	at d._executeContributedCommand (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:498:463)
	at d.$executeContributedCommand (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:498:838)
	at d._doInvokeHandler (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:644:1006)
	at d._invokeHandler (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:644:698)
	at d._receiveRequest (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:643:346)
	at d._receiveOneMessage (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:642:141)
	at define.constructor._protocol.onMessage.e (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:640:400)
	at u.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:47:720)
	at a (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:176:766)
	at e (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:176:812)
	at u.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:47:720)
	at n.constructor.e.onMessage.e (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:748:721)
	at u.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:47:720)
	at a (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:176:766)
	at e (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:176:812)
	at u.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:47:720)
	at y._receiveMessage (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:185:670)
	at define.constructor._socketDisposables.push._socketReader.onMessage.e (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:182:981)
	at u.fire (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:47:720)
	at f.acceptChunk (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:179:532)
	at define.constructor._register._socket.onData.e (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:178:869)
	at Socket.t (/Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:187:141)
	at Socket.emit (events.js:182:13)
	at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (domain.js:442:20)
	at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:279:12)
	at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:264:11)
	at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:219:10)
	at Pipe.onread (net.js:636:20) editor.togglequotes

I have a Nordic keyboard layout (Finnish in my case) and for me the default key binding was set to ctrl + ä instead of ctrl + '. Not really too big of an issue, but a slight inconvenience. Took me a while to figure out why it wasn't working.

I think it's a good idea two support all three types in posh script file types as well

Hi, I've just installed the extension, but when i run the Toggle Quotes command or press the shortcut nothing happens. I've tried multiple ways and still nothing happens when I run it.

Is there an issue with the latest version? Could you check? Thanks

Hi, is it possible to change default keyboard shortcut? I'm not using ENG keyboard while programming and for me to write ' I need to press alt gr + §. Also it won't detect this shortcut.

Some source files (like HTML or Vue templates) have multiple languages inside of them and a set quotes is only valid for one. For example, Vue template files contain HTML, CSS, and JS/TS in one file.

I'd like to use a different set of characters for the TypeScript inside the script tag than the rest of the file. Is it possible to detect the "sub-language" that your cursor is currently in, and use the settings for that?

<template>
 <span class="text">Some HTML here</span>
</template>

<script lang="ts">
 // I want access to the backtick ` quote mark here
</script>

<style scoped>
.text {
 color: "red"; /* But I don't want it here */
}
</style>

Of course, changing the settings for the entire .vue file is currently possible, but this is not ideal.

At current moment it's not possible to add empty case, e.g.
[ "\"", "'", ""]

Problem

Today, if the cursor ][ is after or before, the escaped quote will be accounted a quote to toggle (and it should not).

"Hello I\'m][ hungry"

Solution

Ignore the escaped single or double quotes when determining which quote pair should be toggled.

The Sublime version of this plugin would escape any apostrophes:

"Hello I'm Hungry"

would change to

'Hello I\'m Hungry'

Possible with this one as well?

Reproduce:

Create a new file with language set to Perl.

Create content:

$foo = "one line
second line";

Try to hit the hot key inside the text.

Toggling Brackets

The README says Also available different start and end of wrap characters: </>, [/], «/» etc. but it doesn't seem to work, or at least I don't understand how to make it work. I don't find any documentation about that.

I tried the following, using the standard keyboard shortcut Cmd + ', in a Python file, on this line v = [0, 1]:

• Placing the cursor in the middle, after the comma (so no selection).
• Placing the cursor before and after [, ], (, and ).
• On the selections 0, 1 and [0, 1].

Multiple Config

Is it possible to configure multiple lists? Like this:

"togglequotes.chars": [
  [ "\"", "'", "`" ],
  [ ["“", "”"], ["‘", "’"] ],
  [ ["«", "»"], ["‹", "›"] ],
  [ ["(", ")"], ["[", "]"], ["{", "}"] ],
],

It would also be useful to be able to configure different keyboard shortcuts. For example to have one acting on quotes and another one on brackets; so that we don't have to select, it finds the closest type around the cursor.

Great extension! Thank you for building it.

In Svelte files the back tick isn't yet supported. It only cycles through single and double quotes.

If this is a feature you would be interested in adding, I'm happy to make a PR. A small bit of guidance on how you would implement this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Receive error "Cannot read property 'begin' of undefined" in all the file types I've tried (.cpp, .txt., .json, .yml, .md)

VSCode v1.63.2
Toggle Quotes v0.3.6

I do a lot of web development. It would be nice to toggle between a quoted string to curly brace backtick. This is when I use your extension the most.

<div class="flex | " />

toggle to 

<div class={`flex | `}

Not sure when this changed (I have been in Python land for quite a while) but when I returned to work on JS code, the command no longer toggles to tilde ( ` ) character.

It just toggles between single and double quotes.

It would be great if it was possible to have no quotes as an option for the toggle sequence.

If I add an empty string to togglequotes.chars as follows:

    "togglequotes.chars": ["\"", "'", "`", ""],

I should be able to toggle between different quote types and have no quotes as one of the toggle options. Then I'd have a really easy way toggle or remove quotes around any text in vscode, all in one extension.

However, when I do this and it reaches the unquoted option, I lose the ability to continue toggling.

vscode complains with warning "Unknown editor configuration settings" at the squiggly underline in the screenshot.

Problem

"This stri][ng won't work because of the apostrophe."

Won't work (from @evaera)

Solution

• Needs to be smarter to find the quote pair.