SublimeText Cheat Sheet

Useful shortcuts for most awesome code editor in the wild, SublimeText.

Useful URLs

• Latest developer builds
• Official documentation
• Unofficial documentation
• Code Folding tutorial
• Package Control packages
• Default Color Schemes

Command Palette

• Open Palette: Ctrl+Shift+P (Tools > Command Palette...)

Goto Anything

• Go to file: Ctrl+P (Goto > Goto Anything...)
• Go to symbol: Ctrl+P, "@symbol" (Ctrl+R, Goto > Goto Symbol...)
• Go to line number: Ctrl+P, ":#" for line (Ctrl+G, Goto > Goto Line...)
• Go to word: Ctrl+P, "#word" (Ctrl+;)

Editing

• Insert line after: Ctrl+Enter
• Insert line before: Ctrl+Shift+Enter
• Repeat last keyboard command: Ctrl+Y (Edit > Repeat)
• Transpose: Ctrl+T (Edit > Text > Transpose)
• (Un)Comment current line: Ctrl+/ (Edit > Comment > Toggle Comment)
• Block (un)comment current selection Ctrl+Shift+/ (Edit > Comment > Toggle Block Comment)
• Paste and indent correctly: Ctrl+Shift+V (Edit > Paste and Indent)
• Uppercase: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U (Edit > Convert Case > Upper Case)
• Lowercase: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+L (Edit > Convert Case > Lower Case)

Line Operations

• Indent current line(s): Ctrl+] (Edit > Line > Indent)
• Unindent current line(s): Ctrl+[ (Edit > Line > Unindent)
• Move line/selection up: Ctrl+Shift+Up (Edit > Line > Swap Line Up)
• Move line/selection down: Ctrl+Shift+Down (Edit > Line > Swap Line Down)
• Duplicate lines: Ctrl+Shift+D (Edit > Line > Duplicate Line)
• Join lines: Ctrl+J (Edit > Line > Join Lines)

Deleting

• Delete word forwards: Ctrl+Del
• Delete word backwards: Ctrl+Backspace
• Delete line: Ctrl+Shift+K (Edit > Line > Delete)
• Delete from cursor to end of line: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+K
• Delete from cursor to start of line: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+Backspace

Selection (can Be Repeated Multiple Times)

• Select line: Ctrl+L (Selection > Expand Selection to Line)
• Select word: Ctrl+D (Selection > Expand Selection to Word)
  • Skip selection: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+D
  • Undo last selection: Ctrl+U
• Select scope: Ctrl+Shift+Space (Selection > Expand Selection to Scope)
• Select brackets: Ctrl+Shift+M (Selection > Expand Selection to Brackets)
• Select indentation: Ctrl+Shift+J (Selection > Expand Selection to Indentation)
• Select tag: Ctrl+Shift+A (Selection > Expand Selection to Tag)
• Scroll to selection: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+C (Goto > Scroll > Scroll to Selection)

Navigation

• Jump to matching bracket: Ctrl+M (Goto > Jump to Matching Bracket)
• Jump to your last change: Ctrl+U (Edit > Undo Selection > Undo) (repeat to undo change)

Bookmarks

• Toggle bookmark: Ctrl+F2 (Goto > Bookmarks > Toggle Bookmark)
• Next bookmark: F2 (Goto > Bookmarks > Next Bookmark)
• Previous bookmark: Shift+F2 (Goto > Bookmarks > Previous Bookmark)
• Select all bookmarks: Alt+F2 (Goto > Bookmarks > Select all Bookmarks)

Find/replace

• Find: Ctrl+F (Find > Find...)
• Find Next: F3 (Find > Find Next)
• Find Previous: Shift+F3 (Find > Find Previous)
• Replace: Ctrl+H (Find > Replace...)
• Find in files: Ctrl+Shift+F (Find > Find in Files...) (Navigate using F4,Shift+F4)

Code Folding:

• Fold: Ctrl+Shift+[ (Edit > Code Folding > Fold)
• Unfold: Ctrl+Shift+] (Edit > Code Folding > Unfold)
• Unfold all: Ctrl+K,Ctrl+J (Edit > Code Folding > Unfold All)
• Fold attributes: Ctrl+K,Ctrl+T (Edit > Code Folding > Fold Tag Attributes)

Macros

• Record: Ctrl+Q (Tools > Record Macro)
• Playback: Ctrl+Shift+Q (Tools > Playback Macro)

Tabs

• Previous tab: Ctrl+PgUp (Goto > Switch File > Previous File)
• Next tab: Ctrl+PgDown (Goto > Switch File > Next File)
• Switch to tab number: Alt+number (Goto > Switch File > ...)

Split Layout

• Set single layout: Alt+Shift+1 (View > Layout > Single)
• Set # columns: Alt+Shift+2,3,4 (View > Layout > Columns)
• Set 2 or 3 rows: Alt+Shift+8,9 (View > Layout > Rows)
• Set 2x2 grid: Alt+Shift+5 (View > Layout > Grid)
• Move to group #: Ctrl+# (View > Focus Group)
• Move file to group #: Ctrl+Shift+# (View > Move file to Group)

Organization

• Toggle side bar: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+B (View > Side Bar > Hide Side Bar)
• Distraction free: Shift+F11 (View > Enter Distraction Free Mode)
• Enable spell-check: F6 (View > Spell Check) (Navigate using Ctrl+F6,Ctrl+Shift+F6)

Multiple Cursors

• Press Ctrl then click in each region
• Ctrl+Shift+L (Selection > Split into Lines)
• Highlight word, press Ctrl+D (Selection > Expand Selection to Word) repeatedly to select additional occurrences of that word.
• Add cursor at all occurrences of a word with Alt+F3 (Find > Quick Find All)
• Add new line with cursor: Ctrl+Alt+Up, Ctrl+Alt+Down (Selection > Add Previous Line)
• Return to single selection: Esc (Selection > Single Selection)
• You can select a rectangular selection by using Shift, then holding the right mouse button and dragging over the area you wish to select. You can remove part of the selection using Shift+Alt.

Marking

• Set mark: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+Space (Edit > Mark > Set Mark)
• Select to mark: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+A (Edit > Mark > Select to Mark)
• Delete to mark: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+W (Edit > Mark > Delete to Mark)
• Switch location with mark: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+X (Edit > Mark > Swap with Mark)
• Clear Mark: Ctrl+K, Ctrl+G (Edit > Mark > Clear Mark)

Projects

• Switch Project: Ctrl+Alt+P (Project > Switch Project in Window...)
• Select root folder: Project > Add Folder to Project...
• Save: Project > Save Project As... (.sublime-project file)

Miscellaneous

• Show scope in status bar: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P
• Re-indent Lines: Edit > Line > Reindent
• Close Tag: Alt+.
• Reopen Closed File: Ctrl+Shift+T (File > Open Recent... > Reopen Closed File)
• See Key Bindings: Preferences > Key Bindings - Default
• TextMate Theme Compatible: Themes Bundle (extract to "%AppData%\Sublime Text 2\Packages")
• A list of all installed packages is in "%AppData%\Sublime Text 2\Packages\User\Package Control.sublime-settings" (see "installed_packages")