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I have installed Sublime Text 2 in windows and I am trying to use the multiple cursors feature.
Firstly I highlight the selection I am looking for (three lines).
Then I can press CTRL + D to select each re-occurrence, or ALT + F3 to select all. There are four repeats in my situation.
I now want to move the cursors in the middle of the three lines and add some information, to be added to all occurrences.
As soon as I click in the selection, the multiple selection is gone? Is there something I am doing wrong, I am sure it is wrong but as the documentation is so weak I cannot find out how?
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A common way to add more cursors is with Shift+Alt+Down or Shift+Alt+Up that insert cursors below or above. Note: Your graphics card driver (for example NVIDIA) might overwrite these default shortcuts. Ctrl+D selects the word at the cursor, or the next occurrence of the current selection.
To select multiple regions using the keyboard, select a block of text, then press Ctrl+Shift+L to split it into one selection per line.
Ctrl + D in SublimeText is "Quick Add Next." This appears to be equivalent to Ctrl + B in Brackets, which is "Add next match to Selection" on the Find menu.
Hold down the "Shift" key and press the up arrow, if you are at the end of the paragraph, or the down arrow, if you are at the beginning. If you are in any other section of the paragraph, this shortcut will allow you to select the remainder of the paragraph from your cursor to the end or beginning.
It's usually just easier to skip the mouse altogether--or it would be if Sublime didn't mess up multiselect when word wrapping. Here's the official documentation on using the keyboard and mouse for multiple selection. Since it's a bit spread out, I'll summarize it:
Where shortcuts are different in Sublime Text 3, I've made a note. For v3, I always test using the latest dev build; if you're using the beta build, your experience may be different.
If you lose your selection when switching tabs or windows (particularly on Linux), try using Ctrl + U to restore it.
Building blocks:
Combine as you see fit. For example:
Building blocks:
Combine as you see fit. For example:
On Yosemite and El Capitan, ⌃⇧⇡ and ⌃⇧⇣ are system keyboard shortcuts by default. If you want them to work in Sublime Text, you will need to change them:
System Preferences.Shortcuts tab.Mission Control in the left listbox.Mission Control and Application windows (or disable them). I use ⌃⌥⇡ and ⌃⌥⇣. They defaults are ⌃⇡ and ⌃⇣; adding ⌃ to those shortcuts triggers the same actions, but slows the animations.In case you're not familiar with Mac's keyboard symbols:
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In Sublime Text, after you select multiple regions of text, a click is considered a way to exit the multi-select mode. Move the cursor with the keyboard keys (arrows, Ctrl+arrows, etc.) instead, and you'll be fine
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Try using Ctrl-click on the multiple places you want the cursors. Ctrl-D is for multiple incremental finds.
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