How can Obsidian auto pair <> by automatically including ">" right after typing "<"?

[goahead97]

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What I’m trying to do

Auto pairing <> by automatically including “>” right after typing “<”

Things I have tried

I have taken a look at the editor settings but I have only found auto pair settings for brackets there.

[ariehen]

Add auto pair '<>' and auto pair for html tag

I hope that when I type “<”, “>” will come out automatically. For html, after writing for example “”, “” come out, just like in vscode editor.

Auto Pair Custom Defined Brackets

Use case or problem It is not currently possible to automatically pair symbols other than those Obsidian or CodeMirrors defines by default. For example, CJK languages cannot auto pair brackets such as: 「」 『』 〈〉 《》 Proposed solution Allow user-defined bracket closures. CodeMirror seems to have an option for this defined as autoCloseBrackets. Assuming this can be configured, this could be exposed in the options. KDE Kate has a similar option, offering pre-defined bracket closures which can b…

If you are writing <> a lot, you could look into GitHub - manic/obsidian-wrap-with-shortcuts: Wrap selected text in custom tags with shortcuts. or Templater to set a hotkey to insert them.