Sublime Text 3 curly brace auto-completion interferes with Emmet

Question

I'm new to Emmet and to Sublime Text 3.

In ST3, when I type the left curly brace, the right curly brace is automatically inserted, which interferes with Emmet i.e. when I type something like a{Click Me}, it expands to a{Click <Me></Me>} instead of the expected <a href="">Click Me</a>. However, if I delete the right curly brace and type the text I want, then manually insert the right curly brace, it expands correctly.

Any idea how I can fix this? Which setting do I need to change, if any? It's driving me mad. ¬ ¬

Answer 1

You can:

• move caret after auto-closed brace and expand abbreviation, or
• type }.

Sublime Text is smart enough to not insert redundant brace.