Have you ever just wanted to select some text and wrap it in a tag instead of jumping to the beginning and end of the lines? Or perhaps you get tired of remembering to close your tags as you go and you wish it was done for you. Both are possible, you just have to know the right keystrokes.
In any HTML editing mode in TextMate (HTML, HTML (Rails), etc) try the following then start typing:
Shift + ctrl + W
You can also select text you want to wrap in the tag.
Click here to view the screencast and see an example
In the screencast, I also used another nice little shortcut.
 + return
This will do a carriage return to the next line starting at the end of the current line, not at the current cursor location.
The Fine Print: It’s my first screencast, it might suck.
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