Sublime Text 3 -

Usual keys

I’ll only list those I find useful. See Sublime Text Unofficial Documentation’s list for a more comprehensive list.

<C-Up> / <C-Down>: move up ↑ / down ↓ without changing cursor position.
<C-g>: go to line number
<C-p>: go to other files
<C-S-p>: show Command Palette

Searching / Replacing

As usual, it supports custom selection range and regular expressions as expected. Transformations preserving cases are possible.

<F3>: jump to next matching word

Editing / Selection

<F6>: toggle spell check
<C-F6> / <S-C-F6>: next / previous spelling mistake
<C-Enter> / <C-S-Enter>: insert empty new line below / above current line. Works like o / O in Vim.
<C-S-Up> / <C-S-Down>: swap current line up ↑ / down ↓
<C-S-d>: duplicate current line
<C-S-k>: kill current line
<C-KK>: kill from cursor to EOL, like D in Vim
<C-l>: repeat select line and move cursor to the beginning of next line
<C-[> / <C-]>: unindent / indent current line, like << / >> in Vim
<C-j>: join current line with the the next line, like J in Vim
<C-/>: toggle comment
<C-y>: repeat last keyboard shortcut, like . in Vim
<Alt-q>: Hard wrap line according to ruler settings, like gq in Vim

Multi-cursors:

<Alt-S-Up> / <Alt-S-Down>: column selection up / down.
<Alt-F3>: select all instances of word under cursor.
<C-d>: repeat select word, useful when used multiple times or with <C-f>
<C-S-l>: select highlighted lines and move cursors to the end of lines. Use <Esc> to undo.

<C-k><C-b>: toggle folder sidebar (thanks to Itay K .)

User config

The User Settings file, written in JSON, can be opened with Sublime Text > Preferences > Settings – User. After changing the file, restart it to apply the changed settings.

Expand tabs to spaces

At the right-bottom corner, there’s a “Spaces: [num]”, where “[num]” represents your tab width. Click on that to open a popup menu. You may click “Convert indentation to Spaces/Tabs” at the bottom. The appropriate choice at the top will be automatically made.

To make this preference persistent, you may set "translate_tabs_to_spaces": true.

Tabs should be avoided in source code and text files unless necessary. (say, Makefile)

↵ Ensure an empty line at end of file

To avoid missing newline at EOL, one can add one simple line to the user preferences.

"ensure_newline_at_eof_on_save": true

Set vertical ruler

Thanks to Ross Allen , it can be done by adding "rulers": [80] in the User Settings.

Plugins

Press <C-S-p> and type Package Control to see a list of available options.

Icon Fonts

Icon Fonts – Package Control

Sometimes useful. I can get some of the shortcut prefixes only.

Markdown Extended

Markdown Extended – Package Control

Enables some HTML-like autocompletion in Markdown and syntax highlighting, say

p → <p></p> for paragraphs
sp → <span></span> for span
t → <table></table> for tables
/ → complete tag

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