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have a text like: setFilterKind.bind($data, 'UNIFIED') place selection on: bind($data press ( What you get is: setFilterKind.(bind($data,) 'UNIFIED') which is pretty confusing. There are very similar problems with " it is often pretty complicated to make the IDE to place them in correct places. I would prefer not to have the wrap selection feature at all than this. The gesture of selecting something and replacing it with a character typed is pretty standard and should not be overridden by the wrap-selection functionality.
If you don't like the mentioned feature, then you can easily turn it off: Go to CC options: Options > Editor > Code Completion and then you can customize both cases: 1. Brackets/parentheses Select "All Languages" and uncheck there "Insert Closing Brackets Automatically" 2. Quotes Select "JavaScript" and uncheck "Use Smart Quotes"