Sublime Text Shortcuts

Multiple cursors: select, skip and undo a selection

Place the caret on a word, then press Ctrl+D on Windows/Linux or Command+D on Mac to add matching occurrences. To change several copies of color to colour, select only the intended occurrences before typing. Ctrl+K then Ctrl+D skips the next occurrence; on Mac use Command+K then Command+D. These are two successive chords, not all keys held together.

Ctrl+U / Command+U undoes a selection step without undoing your text edit. Alt+F3 selects all occurrences on Windows/Linux; Mac uses Control+Command+G. Ctrl+Shift+L / Command+Shift+L splits selected lines into cursors. Escape returns to one selection. Use the smaller selection when the same word also appears in text you do not want to change.

Comment a line or a selected block

Ctrl+/ on Windows/Linux or Command+/ on Mac toggles line comments. Select several lines to toggle them together. For a block comment, use Ctrl+Shift+/ on Windows/Linux or Command+Option+/ on Mac. For example, select a short section of CSS, toggle the block comment, then repeat the shortcut to restore it.

Comment syntax depends on the file’s selected language. Check the syntax label when a shortcut seems to insert the wrong characters. Slash shortcuts can also depend on your keyboard layout and custom bindings. Redo is Ctrl+Shift+Z / Command+Shift+Z; Ctrl+Y / Command+Y is the separate Redo or Repeat command.

Navigate files and inspect a conflicting binding

Open Goto Anything with Ctrl+P / Command+P and type a filename. Use Ctrl+R / Command+R for symbols, or Ctrl+G on Windows/Linux and Control+G on Mac for a line number. The Command Palette is Ctrl+Shift+P / Command+Shift+P. To toggle the sidebar, press Ctrl+K then Ctrl+B, or Command+K then Command+B on Mac.

Open Preferences > Key Bindings to compare platform defaults with your user bindings. Plugins and later bindings can override a command; context rules may restrict it to a particular panel or selection. Check the installed defaults before assigning a replacement. The reference preserves chord sequences; the trainer skips sequences that require more than one chord. In the checked build, Join Lines uses Ctrl+Shift+J on Windows/Linux or Command+Shift+J on Mac; older references may show the former Ctrl/Command+J binding.

Continue in your code editor

Use these references when switching between the application and your editor.

• Visual Studio Code
• Notepad++

Official sources and verification

Checked on 13 October 2026 against all three default keymaps in official Sublime Text 4 portable build 4215, plus the keyboard-selection and key-binding documentation. This is a documentation/package review, not an interactive editing test.

Multiple selection · Key binding rules · Official build and default keymaps · Column selection