Sublime Text Cheatsheet - Text Editor Shortcut Reference

Cmd + D selects the next occurrence of the same word: press once to select the word under the cursor, again to extend the selection to the next occurrence, keep pressing to ring a set of identical words — and then any typing or replacement applies to every selected span at once. Renames come out incomplete when you never finish expanding the selection, or when you accidentally press Cmd + k, Cmd + D, which skips the current selection and moves to the next (useful for deliberately leaving one occurrence alone). Cmd + Option + A selects all matches in one step. Strategy: use Cmd + Option + A by default, and fall back to stepwise Cmd + D when you need to skip an individual hit.

Goto Anything understands three prefix forms. Plain text does a fuzzy filename match and opens the hit. A :42 style prefix jumps to line 42 of that file, and an @function prefix jumps to a symbol such as a function inside it. Dedicated companions exist too: Cmd + R for a symbol, Cmd + G for a line number and Cmd + ; for a word. They combine, so file.js:42 lands on both file and line. Once your project has too many files to navigate by memory, these prefixes beat clicking through directories. And if you would rather memorise nothing, Cmd + Shift + P runs almost any command; typing install there opens Package Control for extensions.

Creating cursors: Cmd + Click drops an extra cursor where you click, and Cmd + Option + ↑ / ↓ adds a cursor on the line above or below at the same column. Creating selections: Cmd + L selects the whole line and leaves a cursor at its end, and Cmd + Shift + L splits the current multi-line selection into one cursor per line — the best tool for appending something to every line. Growing range: Cmd + Shift + A selects inside an HTML tag and Cmd + Shift + Space selects inside brackets. The mnemonic: Cmd handles "select", Cmd + Option handles "many", Option with ↑/↓ adds vertical cursors, and Shift + L / A / Space adds context range.

Cmd + F searches within the current file; Cmd + I is the incremental version of the same thing that jumps as you type, and Cmd + Shift + I searches incrementally backwards. Go cross-file with Cmd + Shift + F. Replacement comes in two levels: Cmd + Option + F replaces in the current file, and Cmd + Shift + H replaces across the project. The incremental variants suit following your eyes through a large file, since the current hit updates as you type; plain Cmd + F gives a tidier complete result. Always run a Cmd + Shift + F first to see the hit count before a project-wide replace.

If you cannot remember, use the palette: Cmd + Shift + P runs essentially any command by name, and re-setting the current file's syntax lives there too, so it is the universal fallback. Only Cmd + P is truly worth memorising. For layout, Cmd + Option + 2 gives two columns, Cmd + Option + 3 three columns, Cmd + Option + Shift + 2 two stacked rows, and Cmd + Ctrl + 2 a 2×2 grid. Cmd + k, Cmd + B toggles the sidebar, and Cmd + Option + T promotes the current file into its own window. Cmd + Option + P shows the syntax of the active file.