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Show Paren Plugin

Help query: "What does the show-paren plugin do?" / "How do I use show-paren in Volt?"

The show-paren plugin highlights the matching delimiter under/near the cursor. In HTML/XML/JSX/TSX buffers it also matches tags.

Package nameshow-paren
Moduleuser/show_paren.rs

What it does

  • Highlight the matching paren/bracket/delimiter
  • Match HTML/XML tags in relevant buffers
  • Toggle show-paren highlighting

Commands

CommandDescription
show-paren.toggleToggles matching delimiter highlighting.

Keybindings

ChordCommandScope
leader sp (default Space)show-paren.toggleWorkspace (Normal)

Notes

Enablement can also be driven by ui.show_paren_enabled in config.

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