auto_close.py

"""
    auto_close
    ~~~~~~~~~~

    A simple plugin that auto closes HTML tags right after '>'.

    Inspired by Geany's HTML auto close functionality.

    :copyright: (c) 2016 by Peter Justin <peter.justin@outlook.com>
    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more functionality
"""
import sublime_plugin


class AutoCloseTagCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit, prefix=""):
        self.view.run_command('insert', {'characters': prefix})
        cursorPosition = self.view.sel()[0].begin()
        
        # get syntax
        syntax = self.view.scope_name(self.view.sel()[0].a)
        
        bypass_scopes = [".js", "embedded"]
        # bypass scopes
        
        if not any(x in syntax for x in bypass_scopes):
            self.view.run_command('close_tag')

        # Put the cursor(s) back inside the tag.
        newCursorPosition = self.view.sel()[0].begin()
        for i in range(cursorPosition, newCursorPosition):
            self.view.run_command('move', { 'by': 'characters', 'forward': False })