Sublime Text 2 Cheat Sheet

Basics

keyboard shortcut	explanation
cmd + s	save
cmd + w	close
cmd + shift + t	re-open last closed file
cmd + f	find
cmd + opt + f	find and replace
cmd + shift + f	find and replace across multiple files/projects
cmd + i	incremental find

Navigation

keyboard shortcut	explanation
cmd + opt + (arrows)	move between tabs
cntl + tab	cycle through tabs
cmd + (no.)	move to tab number
cmd + p	goto anything (#txt - fuzzy search / :50 - goto line no. / @)
cmd + cntl + p	project menu/history
cmd + shift + p	command palette

View

keyboard shortcut	explanation
cmd + alt + 2	split window (columns)
cmd + alt + shift + 2	split window (rows)
cmd + alt +1	single window
cntl + (no.)	navigate between windows

Code

keyboard shortcut	explanation
cmd + ]	indent
cmd + [
cntl + m	jump between curly braces
opt + (arrows)	move through text one word at a time
opt + shift + (arrows)	highlight text one word at a time
cmd + d	select a word
cmd + l	select a line
cmd + shift + j	select indentation
cmd + cntl + (up/down)	move line up/down through the file
cmd + k	skip
cmd + u	undo
cntl + spacebar	autocomplete
hold cmd + (select/drag)

Settings

User preferences example (Preferences ==> Settings - User):

{
	"auto_complete_commit_on_tab": true,
	"font_size": 14,
	"margin": 2,
	"tab_size": 4,
	"translate_tabs_to_spaces": true,
	"ignored_packages":[],
	"vintage_start_in_command_mode": false
}

📓 Note: "Vintage mode" = vim emulator ==> ignored_packages":[]

Project specific settings:

edit project-name.sublime-project

{
	"folders":
	[
		{
			"path": "/Users/Dude/project-name"
		}
	],
    "settings":
    {
        "tab_size": 4,
        "etc": "..."
    }
}

Running Sublime from the Mac OS command-line:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl
subl --help

References

• http://www.sublimetext.com/
• https://packagecontrol.io/
• https://github.com/buymeasoda/soda-theme
• http://colorsublime.com/