I just switched from Windows to Ubuntu 13.04 and I'm missing a function in Sublime Text,
On Windows I used the middle mouse button to set multiple cursors (a bit like holding Ctrl and adding cursors but instead of click for each cursor jsut hold the middle mousebtn) but now on Ubuntu I can't find anything like that.
How can I get this functionality back?
is there any super user out there? for any hint thanks in advance
shift+right mouse button is the combination for column selection in Linux
Ctrl + Mouse1Click will set another cursor at the location of the click.
Ctrl + D will highlight the current word, move the cursor to its end, and add another highlight and cursor at the next occurence of that word. Repeated presses will select additional occurences.
Ctrl to achieve that, but they want it with the middle mouse button.
– slhck
Sep 5 '13 at 10:17
Copy the relevant mousemap settings from the Windows file to the Linux file.
Windows file: ~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/Default/Default (Windows).sublime-mousemap
You could copy the settings to the linux file in the same directory, however I recommend adding a file in your user folder: ~/.config/sublime-text-2/Packages/User/Default (Linux).sublime-mousemap
Relevant settings:
// Mouse 3 column select
{
"button": "button3",
"press_command": "drag_select",
"press_args": {"by": "columns"}
},
{
"button": "button3", "modifiers": ["ctrl"],
"press_command": "drag_select",
"press_args": {"by": "columns", "additive": true}
},
{
"button": "button3", "modifiers": ["alt"],
"press_command": "drag_select",
"press_args": {"by": "columns", "subtractive": true}
}
This is not included in the Linux settings by default because in linux, mouse 3 is paste. You can highlight something and use your mouse to paste (without having to copy).
Alt+Shift+Up Will Add a new cursor on the line above the current one
Alt+Shift+Down Will Add a new cursor on the line under the current one
