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By Mehmet Yatkı · VS Code Marketplace · Snippets

A simple yet powerful extension to add wrapper templates around your code blocks.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Surround has 688,131 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #693 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
688,131
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
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Rank
#693
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.81 / 5 from 36 ratings

About Surround

Surround

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<p align="center"> <br /> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yatki/vscode-surround/master/images/logo.png"> </p> <p align="center"> A simple yet powerful extension to add wrapper snippets around your code blocks. </p>

Features

  • Supports language identifiers 🚀New!
  • Supports multi selections
  • Fully customizable
  • Custom wrapper snippets
  • You can assign shortcuts for each wrapper snippets separately
  • Nicely formatted (Preserves indentations 🚀New!)
  • Sorts recently used snippets on top 🚀New!
Demo 1: Choosing a wrapper snippet from quick pick menu

Demo 1

Demo 2: Wrapping multi selections

Demo 2

How To Use

After selecting the code block, you can

  • right click on selected code
  • OR press (ctrl+shift+T) or (cmd+shift+T)

to get list of commands and pick one of them.

Hint

Each wrapper has a separate command so you can define keybindings for your favorite wrappers by searching surround.with.commandName in the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' section.

List of commands
CommandSnippet
surround.with (ctrl+shift+T)List of all the enabled commands below
surround.with.ifif ($condition) { ... }
surround.with.ifElseif ($condition) { ... } else { $else }
surround.with.tryCatchtry { ... } catch (err) { $catchBlock }
surround.with.tryFinallytry { ... } finally { $finalBlock }
surround.with.tryCatchFinallytry { ... } catch (err) {$catchBlock} finally { $finalBlock }
surround.with.forfor ($1) { ... }
surround.with.forifor (let i = 0; ... ; i = i + 1) { ... }
surround.with.forEachitems.forEach((item) => { ... })
surround.with.forEachAsyncitems.forEach(async (item) => { ... })
surround.with.forEachFnitems.forEach(function (item) { ... })
surround.with.forEachAsyncFnitems.forEach(async function (item) { ... })
surround.with.arrowFunctionconst $name = ($params) => { ... }
surround.with.asyncArrowFunctionconst $name = async ($params) => { ... }
surround.with.functionDeclarationfunction $name ($params) { ... }
surround.with.asyncFunctionDeclarationasync function $name ($params) { ... }
surround.with.functionExpressionconst $name = function ($params) { ... }
surround.with.asyncFunctionExpressionconst $name = async function ($params) { ... }
surround.with.element<element>...</element>
surround.with.comment/** ... */
surround.with.region#region $regionName ... #endregion
surround.with.templateLiteral 🚀New!... (Also replaces single and double quotes with backtick)
surround.with.templateLiteralVariable 🚀New!${...} (Also replaces single and double quotes with backtick)
surround.with.iife 🚀New!(function $name($params){ ... })($arguments);

Options

  • showOnlyUserDefinedSnippets (boolean): Disables default snippets that comes with the extension and shows only used defined snippets.
  • showRecentlyUsedFirst (boolean): Recently used snippets will be displayed on top.
  • showUpdateNotifications (boolean): Shows notification when there is a new version of the extension.

Configuration

Each wrapper snippet config object is defined as ISurroundItem like below:

interface ISurroundItem {
  label: string; // must be unique
  description?: string;
  detail?: string;
  snippet: string; // must be valid SnippetString
  disabled?: boolean; // default: false
  languageIds?: string[];
}
Editing/Disabling existing wrapper functions

Go to "Settings" and search for "surround.with.commandName".

Example surround.with.if:…

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • code blocks
  • format
  • keybindings
  • selection
  • snippet
  • surround
  • wrap

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Adoption over time

Surround installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 688,131 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.SurroundInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days688,131installs687.2K687.4K687.6K687.8K688K688.2KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Surround installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 688,131 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Surround installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.SurroundInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace688,131installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Surround installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Surround VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #693 (by installs).SurroundVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#693current rank#691#692#693#694#695Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Surround VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #693 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Surround ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 36 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.SurroundRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days36ratings323334353637383940Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Surround ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 36 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 35, #13 (overall #693)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Snippets489 listings · 25 pages · page 7, #9 (overall #129)
Snippets: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Formatters286 listings · 15 pages · page 5, #16 (overall #96)
Formatters: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

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Recent observations

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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yatki.vscode-surround. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.