Sublime Text 2 move cursor out of parenthesis, quotes, or brackets

Question

I need a fast way to make the cursor jump outside the auto wrap qoutes or other syntax elements. I don't want to have to reach down to my arrow keys each time, and definitely don't want to go to my mouse.

Is there a quick and easy way to solve this for my workflow?

Answer 1

You can use a shortcut (shift+space, or whatever you like) to move the cursor.

In your Key Bindings - User:

{ "keys": ["shift+space"], "command": "move", "args": {"by": "characters", "forward": true} } 

Answer 2

I made a few key bindings out of macros as well.

You must make a macro for these, unless you want to spend more time building them, but it's really easy. Just go to Sublime Text, Tools > Record Macro, or hit ctrl Q. Save the file in Packages/User/ and then hit ⌘ , to open up your User Settings. Paste the settings below in there and boom. ( The | below represents my cursor )

Here are the one's I chose:

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Function auto-bracketizer

When the cursour is here:

totallyAwesomeness(|)  

Use the option + tilda shortcut.

⌥ ~

This prefills the function with brackets and the text ' # code... ' highlighted. It only works when inside the parenthesis.

Sublime User Settings

{ "keys": ["option+`"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/User/superBracketizeFunction.sublime-macro"} }, 

Download Macro

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Auto-End Line With Semicolon

When the cursour is here:

echo 'say what!!??|' 

Use the command + semicolon shortcut.

⌘ ;

This adds a closing ; at the end of current line and moves you to the line below it. It actually works wherever you are on the line.

Sublime User Settings

{ "keys": ["super+;"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file":  "Packages/User/superEndLineWiSemiColin.sublime-macro"} }, 

Download Macro

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Exit Argument & Exit Function

When your cursor is anywhere inside the function it will end up here:

public function totallyAwesomeness()     {         echo 'say what!!??';     } |     echo 'yep... that just happened'; 

Use the command + enter shortcut.

⌘ Enter

This will let you jump outside the argument and a space to the right as well as anywhere from within the function it will jump you out of it just being the closing bracket.

Sublime User Settings

{ "keys": ["option+enter"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "Packages/User/superExitFunctionArg.sublime-macro"} }, 

Download Macro

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Just in case you don't know what the path is to your User folder is, it is shown below.

/Users/alexcory/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User/ 

Also the Library folder is usually hidden, so you can download a program called Revealer that will allow you to toggle those hidden files.

If you want to know how I made these just hit me up and I'll show you! :D