• VSCode Version: 1.9.1
• OS Version: Win10

Steps to Reproduce:

The following variable (where | is the cursor) needs to be turned into an array:

const names = |'bob';

I type [ and the results is:

const names = [|]'bob';

What I expect to happen is:

const names = [|'bob';

In almost every case I can think of, when a bracket/quote is typed directly in front of an existing character it should not be automatically closed, as added that extra bracket results in more work for the editor. (IntelliJ behaves this way, and I think it's a good approach).

Surrounding selected text is of course, already possible, but if someone does just type it themselves the editor should respect that and not hamper the coder by added a character they most likely didn't need.