How to insert spaces in front of selected lines?

Question

Is there any way to add space or tab(4 spaces) in front of several selected lines? Because now if change the code I hava to press command + click select each line.

Thanks.

See this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9495007/indenting-code-in-sublime-text-2 — ATOzTOA, Dec 19 '12 at 04:19
The answer does tab(4 spaces), but is there also a way to do individual spaces? — tscizzle, Dec 30 '14 at 21:24

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '12 at 04:16

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Have you tried

CTRL + ]
CTRL + [

(square brackets).

Or use

Edit -> Line -> Reindent

answered Dec 19 '12 at 04:16

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This does tab(4 spaces), but is there also a way to do individual spaces? – tscizzle Dec 30 '14 at 21:24
@tscizzle I added an answer to insert individual spaces. Hope it helps! – Dao Lam Jan 16 '15 at 08:59

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:59

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To insert individual spaces, click on the beginning of the line, then use cmd (for Mac) or ctrl (for Windows) and click on the beginning of other lines. It's the same way as how you select multiple files at once. Now when you add a space in front, it will add to all the lines that you selected.

answered Jan 16 '15 at 08:59

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Ya, that's actually how I do it now, but I want one where you "highlight" the lines instead of Cmd-click, because dragging the cursor to make a selection include lines is suuuper easy. – tscizzle Jan 16 '15 at 17:10
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Or on a mac click the first line you want to move, hold option, drag straight down and this will select multiple lines. Then just add tabs or spaces at will. Works like a charm. – Maximus Jun 19 '15 at 15:38

hygull · Answer 3 · 2018-08-23T06:45:19.327

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First set your TAB(4 spaces) width by selecting

View > Indentation > Tab Width: 4

then select the number of lines(text blocks) that you wanna shift towards RIGHT.

Finally Hit(On MAC)

Command + Tab    OR
Command + [

and Hit (On Windows)

Ctrl + Tab       OR
Ctrl + [

edited Aug 23 '18 at 06:45

answered Jul 07 '17 at 11:08

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 07 '21 at 14:13

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To use indentation with 2 SPACES

View > Indentation > Indent Using Spaces

View > Indentation > Tab Width: 2

answered Jan 07 '21 at 14:13

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How to insert spaces in front of selected lines?

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To use indentation with 2 SPACES