Chances are if you’re a web developer, front-ender, PHP programmer, web expert or whatever your title is, you use Sublime Text Editor and there is also a chance you’re using a single digit percentage of its true power.
This isn’t an overly complex or comprehensive list of shortcuts, just shortcuts I believe every developer should know. Knowing how to select a line or delete an entire line just using your keyboard is invaluable in itself.
Alright, just give me the shortcuts
## Keyboard shortcuts for Sublime Text Editor
I am using version 2, but these shortcuts will work in Sublime Text editor 3 as well.
Editing & Workflow
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- cmd + t: Go to a file
- cmd + shift + p: Command popup (this is where you install packages, run other commands and interact with some plugins)
- cmd + g: Go to a particular line
- control + ` (tilde): Open up the Python command line
- cmd + L: Select the current line
- control + shift + k: Deletes the current line
- control + shift + m: Select content within brackets (PHP brackets, if statements, function brackets)
- cmd + /: Language specific single line comment
- cmd + alt + /: Language specific block comment
- control + alt + .: Close a HTML or XML tag
Find & Replace
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- cmd + f: Find within the currently opened file
- cmd + alt + f: Find and replace within the currently opened file
- cmd + alt + g: Find the next occcurence of the search term
- cmd + control + g: Select all occurences of the current search term
- cmd + shift + f: Find in multiple files (specify a directory or a currently open project)