Selective word highlight in SublimeText

Question

Is there any way that i can select some words to be highlighted and their instances as well. This feature i especially used when viewing log files in Notepad++

Answer 1

Here are some useful key combos for selecting words in Sublime Text.

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Ctrl⌘G - selects all occurrences of the current word (AltF3 on Windows/Linux)

⌘D - selects the next instance of the current word if it is already selected, otherwise selects the current word (CtrlD)

• ⌘K,⌘D - skips the current instance and goes on to select the next one (CtrlK,CtrlD)
• ⌘U - "soft undo", moves back to the previous selection (CtrlU)

⌘E, ⌘H - uses the current selection as the "Find" field in Find and Replace (CtrlE,CtrlH)

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If you start with an empty selection, ⌘D and Ctrl⌘G will search by whole words automatically. If you start with a non-empty selection, it will search for any instance of the text (disregarding word boundaries).

Answer 2

It's possible, but just through the Find tool:

1. select the desired word (double-click on it; or click on it and press ⌘D)
2. open the Find tool (with ⌘F) and ensure Hightlight matches is selected
3. navigate through the word instances (with ⌘G / Shift⌘G)

Or, as mentioned already, WordHighlight plugin would fit your specific need.

The native way is not as straightforward & fast as with the plug-in, but it's pretty fast anyway; with the benefit of not having the multiple highlighting always happening regardless you want it or not.

And double-click + ⌘F is fast enough for me 😉

Answer 3

Install this package in sublime text

https://packagecontrol.io/packages/WordHighlight

Add this content in the preferences -> package settings -> WordHighlight -> Settings User

{
"color_scope_name": "comment",
"case_sensitive": false,
"draw_outlined": true,

"mark_occurrences_on_gutter" : true,
// valid types: dot, circle, bookmark and cross
"icon_type_on_gutter" : "dot",

"highlight_delay": 0,
"highlight_when_selection_is_empty": false,
"highlight_word_under_cursor_when_selection_is_empty": false,
"highlight_non_word_characters": true,

"file_size_limit": 4194304,
"when_file_size_limit_search_this_num_of_characters": 20000
}