"Close Others" command shortcut in Sublime Text 2

Question

I am trying to add a shortcut for "Close Others" tabs, but can't seem to find the command, here is what I am trying:

{ "keys": ["super+alt+w"], "command": "close_others" } 

Cmd+Option+W - sort of like Cmd+Option+H in OS X, close all except the current tab, see?

Anyway, close_others doesn't seem to do anything. I have tried close_other_windows, close_other_tabs, nothing works. What is the right command to do that?

And while we're on it, how do you know what commands are available? My next one will be Cmd+Option+Shift+W - "Close Tabs to the Right".

For some improvements in Sublime window management see "Close all tabs, but not the window, in Sublime Text"

Thanks!

Answer 1

The command is close_others_by_index. Unfortunately, it takes arguments that cannot be passed via a simple key binding.

To make it work, you have to create a plugin. Tools/New Plugin...:

import sublime_plugin  class CloseOthersCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):     def run(self, edit):         window = self.view.window()         group_index, view_index = window.get_view_index(self.view)         window.run_command("close_others_by_index", { "group": group_index, "index": view_index}) 

Save it in Packages/User directory. Then you can add your key binding:

{ "keys": ["super+alt+w"], "command": "close_others" } 

The same is true for "Close tabs to the right". The command is close_to_right_by_index.

The plugin:

import sublime_plugin  class CloseToRightCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):     def run(self, edit):         window = self.view.window()         group_index, view_index = window.get_view_index(self.view)         window.run_command("close_to_right_by_index", { "group": group_index, "index": view_index}) 

The key binding:

{ "keys": ["super+alt+shift+w"], "command": "close_to_right" }