keyboard column selection in Sublime Text 2 on Ubuntu 12.04 with Cinnamon doesn't work

Question

According to the documentation for Linux column select uses the following commands:

Linux

Ctrl+Alt+Up
Ctrl+Alt+Down

but on Ubuntu 12.04 with Cinnamon (not tested on Unity) this triggers the window switching operation (part of Cinnamon).

Anyone have a good fix for this (other than using the mouse...)

Thanks,

score 31 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '13 at 08:52

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I am used to using Ctrl+Alt+Up and Ctrl+Alt+Down as shortcuts for this operation. To make it work in Linux, you have to do two steps. First, need to disable system wide shortcuts by typing:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-down  "[]"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-to-workspace-up "[]"

Logout and login afterward. Source: https://gist.github.com/michfield/5614949

Second step is to edit the Sublime Text configuration file, and change accordingly. I assume that everybody know how to do that. Just in case, add this in Preferences / Key Bindings - User

// change column select defaults - on Linux it was Shift+Alt+Up/Down
{ "keys": ["ctrl+alt+up"], "command": "select_lines", "args": {"forward": false} },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+alt+down"], "command": "select_lines", "args": {"forward": true} }

Tested on Mint 15 Cinnamon (RC), based on Ubuntu Raring.

answered May 21 '13 at 08:52

Michael Field

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Works nicely, I'm just wondering which exactly did I disabled with those two commands? – Pietro Coelho Jul 26 '15 at 16:10
Works for my Ubuntu 14.10 even without relogin. Thanks! – aemxdp Aug 10 '15 at 12:24
I used the System Settings window in Debian and didn't need to reboot, but still, basically did this. Thanks. – Dave Jacoby Sep 21 '15 at 16:03
Two years and a half later this still works (Ubuntu 14.04). Thanks ! – Kaloyan Nov 14 '15 at 11:07
Worked for me in ubuntu with Gnome, Thanks ! – ManelPNavarro Dec 20 '16 at 14:19

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '12 at 07:51

Think that documentation is wrong. Just did a quick look into the Default (Linux).sublime-keymaps (which you can access from Preferences -> Key Bindings - Default but that's besides the point), and it looks to be alt+shift+(up/down). I was going to recommend rebinding the keys (thus the reason I was looking) but this may also solve your problem. =) Not tested, just based on the keymapping file. If that doesn't work, let me know.

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 21 '14 at 05:35

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with mouse:

Shift + Right Button + (Drag up or down)

answered Jan 21 '14 at 05:35

tsunllly

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That's cool. If you don't have enough time to dig in system/sublime settings – Ifch0o1 Jan 16 '15 at 10:25

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered May 13 '15 at 11:59

For me the problem was different I normally use Ctrl + Shift + up/down

but then it stop working I really did not know why, my solution was to copy the default setting from Preferences-->Key Bindings - Default to Preferences-->Key Bindings - User

{ "keys": ["alt+shift+up"], "command": "select_lines", "args": {"forward": false} },
{ "keys": ["alt+shift+down"], "command": "select_lines", "args": {"forward": true} },

Using sublime Text 3 Build 3083 in Ubuntu 14.04

I've been searching for solution for a long time.worked for me — kkzxak47, Sep 02 '16 at 11:45

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 29 '16 at 21:04

If you want to know why, enter the Sublime 3 console:

cntl+`  # or View --> Show Console

Enter:

sublime.log_commands(True)
sublime.log_input(True)

Enter the naughty key combo and it'll show you the reason, typically a package installed will have a conflict. You can change it in that package key-bindings, or if you add new bindings to User key-map it'll override everything. (They are in Preferences-->Key Bindings.)

EDIT: Using sublime Text 3 Build 3126 in Ubuntu 16.04

keyboard column selection in Sublime Text 2 on Ubuntu 12.04 with Cinnamon doesn't work

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