Multiple Selections is one of Sublime's coolest features; TextMate users might be familiar with it. So how can we select multiple lines? We select one line like we usually do and select the second line while holding Ctrl or command on OS X. We can also subtract a line by holding the Alt key or command + Shift keys on OS X. This feature is really useful and it is recommended that you play with it. The following are some shortcuts that can help us feel more comfortable with multiple selections:
|
Multiple selection action |
Windows/Linux |
OS X |
|---|---|---|
|
Return to Single Selection Mode |
Esc |
Esc |
|
Undo last selection motion |
Ctrl + U |
command + U |
|
Add next occurrence of selected text to selection |
Ctrl + D |
command + D |
|
Add all occurrences of selected text to selection |
Alt + F3 |
Control + command + G |
|
Turn Single Linear Selection into Block Selection |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Shift + command + L |
The Column Selection feature is one of my favorites! We can select multiple lines by pressing Shift and dragging the right mouse button on Windows and Linux, or Linux and pressing Option and dragging the left mouse button on OS X. Here we want to remove the letter s from messages, as shown in the following screenshot:
We have selected all s using Column selection; now we just need to hit backspace to delete them.