Set Encoding of File to UTF8 With BOM in Sublime Text 3

Question

When I open a file in Sublime Text 3, at the bottom I have an option to set the Character Encoding as shown in the screenshot.

setting encoding

There is the option to set it to UTF-8 , which after doing some research means UTF-8 Without BOM, but I want to set it to UTF-8 With BOM like shown below:

UTF-8 with BOM

How can I do this from within ST3?

score 178 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 18 '15 at 09:49

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Into Preferences > Settings - Users
File : Preferences.sublime-settings

Write this :

"show_encoding" : true,

It's explain on the release note date 17 December 2013. Build 3059. Official site Sublime Text 3

edited Mar 18 '15 at 09:49

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answered Oct 17 '14 at 19:06

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in all fairness, before i downvote this was it correct at some point? In the current release `show_encoding` does not offer a "with BOM" option and therefore does not answer the question. – But those new buttons though.. Sep 13 '16 at 17:07
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Did I misunderstanding here? This doesn't answer the question at all..... – Jimmy liu Jan 10 '17 at 06:49
It doesn't answer the question, but I have to admit that it helped me figure out a problem I was having with my code being interpreted as Chinese characters – Mr Bell Oct 07 '17 at 23:14
does not answer the question and does not work in ST3 – ninja Oct 13 '17 at 08:12

score 108 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 21 '14 at 10:12

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I can't set "UTF-8 with BOM" in the corner button either, but I can change it from the menu bar.

"File"->"Save with encoding"->"UTF-8 with BOM"

answered Jul 21 '14 at 10:12

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 13 '16 at 09:41

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Into the Preferences > Setting - Default

You will have the next by default:

// Display file encoding in the status bar
    "show_encoding": false

You could change it or like cdesmetz said set your user settings.

answered Jan 13 '16 at 09:41

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 30 '17 at 14:25

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By default, Sublime Text set 'UTF8 without BOM', but that wasn't specified.

The only specicified things is 'UTF8 with BOM'.

Hope this help :)

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Set Encoding of File to UTF8 With BOM in Sublime Text 3

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