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Surround Selection makes it easy to wrap existing text with parentheses, brackets, or braces – especially helpful on mobile devices where manual text manipulation can be tedious.

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How It Works

When you have text selected, simply type an opening character and Craft automatically adds both the opening and closing characters around your selection. Typing an opening parenthesis wraps selected text with both opening and closing parentheses

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Supported Characters

Surround Selection works with three types of brackets:
  • Parentheses – Type ( to wrap with ( )
  • Square brackets – Type [ to wrap with [ ]
  • Curly braces – Type { to wrap with { }
Surround Selection works on Mac, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, and Web – making text editing consistent across all platforms.

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Use Cases

This feature is particularly useful for:
  • Code snippets – Wrap variables or parameters with brackets
  • Citations – Add parentheses around reference numbers
  • Lists – Create sub-items with square brackets
  • Formulas – Group mathematical expressions with parentheses
  • Notes – Add side notes or clarifications in parentheses

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Quick Example

Instead of:
  1. Positioning cursor before text
  2. Typing opening character
  3. Moving to end of text
  4. Typing closing character
Simply:
  1. Select the text
  2. Type the opening character
Craft handles the rest, saving you time and reducing friction in your writing flow.
On iOS and iPadOS, Surround Selection is especially valuable since cursor positioning and text manipulation with touch can be slower than on desktop.