Surround Code Fragments with Language-Specific Constructs

IntelliJ IDEA provides standard templates for surrounding code fragments with various constructs based on the language of the source code. This includes if...else conditional statements, do...while and for loops, combinations of try...catch...finally, XML tags, folding regions, and other constructs.

Surround a code block with language constructs

Select the desired code fragment.
On the Code menu, click Surround With (Ctrl+Alt+T).
Select the necessary surround statement from the list.

This feature applies to the following languages (contexts):

Context	Surround with	Example
Java statements	`if` `if/else` `while` `do/while` `for` `try/catch` `try/finally` `try/catch/finally` `synchronized` `Runnable` `{}`
Java expressions	`(expr)` `((Type)expr)` `!(expr instanseof Type)`
XML/HTML /JSP/JSPX tags	Tag CDATA section <% ... %> Emmet
JavaScript statements	`(expr)` `!(expr)` `if` `if / else` `while` `do / while` `for` `try / catch` `try / finally` `try / catch / finally` `with` `function` `{ }` `function expression`
ActionScript statements	`if` `if / else` `while` `do / while` `for` `try / catch` `try / finally` `try / catch / finally` `with` `function` `{}` `function expression`
PHP statements	`if` `if / else` `while` `do / while` `for` `foreach` `try / catch` `function`
Custom folding region comments	Any fragment of code, where Surround With is applicable

Last modified: 1 February 2019