Sublime Text -Editors

M2-R5.1 · Chapter 2: Editors · 2 min read

🖋️ Sublime Text Editor

  • A powerful, versatile, cross-platform text editor widely used by developers.

  • Built with a Python API for extensibility.

  • Optimized for speed, shortcuts, and ease-of-use.

  • Download: https://www.sublimetext.com

✨ Features of Sublime Text

  • Syntax highlighting

  • Auto indentation

  • File type recognition

  • Sidebar for file navigation

  • Macros

  • Plug-ins & Packages support

  • Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)

How to Download Sublime Text

  1. Visit the official website.

  2. Select your OS (Windows, macOS, Linux).

  3. Download & run the installer.

  4. Launch Sublime Text from desktop/applications menu.

Working with Files

  • Create new file

  • Open existing file

  • Open recent files

  • Save / Save As

  • Close file

  • Edit text (Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Change case, Find & Replace, Multi-line editing)

⌨️ Shortcut Keys in Sublime Text

File & Navigation

  • Ctrl+P → Quick open file by name

  • Ctrl+G → Go to line

  • Ctrl+R → Go to symbol

  • Ctrl+; → Go to word

Editing

  • Ctrl+L → Select line

  • Ctrl+D → Select word

  • Ctrl+X → Cut line

  • Ctrl+Enter → Insert line after

  • Shift+Ctrl+Enter → Insert line before

  • Ctrl+J → Join lines

  • Ctrl+/ → Toggle comment

  • Ctrl+] → Indent

  • Ctrl+[ → Un-indent

  • Shift+Ctrl+D → Duplicate line

Search & Replace

  • Ctrl+F → Find

  • F3 → Find next

  • Shift+F3 → Find previous

  • Ctrl+H → Replace

  • Shift+Ctrl+F → Find in files

Bookmarks & Marks

  • Ctrl+F2 → Toggle bookmark

  • F2 → Next bookmark

  • Shift+F2 → Previous bookmark

Splits & Views

  • Shift+Alt+1 → Single column view

  • Shift+Alt+2 → Two columns

  • Shift+Alt+5 → Grid view

Case Conversions

  • Ctrl+K, Ctrl+U → Uppercase

  • Ctrl+K, Ctrl+L → Lowercase

Code Folding

  • Shift+Ctrl+[ → Fold

  • Shift+Ctrl+] → Unfold

  • Ctrl+K, Ctrl+J → Unfold all