Sublime Text Keyboard Shortcuts — Cheat Sheet

🧡Sublime Text Keyboard Shortcuts

28 essential shortcuts for Sublime Text

General

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`P`/`⌘⇧P`	Open Command Palette
`Ctrl`+`P`/`⌘P`	Goto Anything (file, line, symbol)
`Ctrl`+`K Ctrl`+`B`/`⌘K ⌘B`	Toggle sidebar
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`N`/`⌘⇧N`	New window
`F11`/`⌃⌘F`	Toggle full screen
`Ctrl`+`H`/`⌘⌥F`	Find and replace

Navigation

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl`+`R`/`⌘R`	Go to symbol in file
`Ctrl`+`G`/`⌃G`	Go to line number
`Ctrl`+`;`/`⌘;`	Go to word in file
`Ctrl`+`M`/`⌃M`	Jump to matching bracket

Selection

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`M`/`⌃⇧M`	Select everything inside brackets
`Ctrl`+`D`/`⌘D`	Select next occurrence of word
`Alt`+`F3`/`⌃⌘G`	Select all occurrences of word
`Ctrl`+`L`/`⌘L`	Select entire line

Editing

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Up`/`⌘⇧↑`	Move line up
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Down`/`⌘⇧↓`	Move line down
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`D`/`⌘⇧D`	Duplicate line
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`K`/`⌘⇧K`	Delete line
`Ctrl`+`J`/`⌘J`	Join line below with current
`Ctrl`+`/`/`⌘/`	Toggle line comment
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`/`/`⌘⌥/`	Toggle block comment
`Ctrl`+`Enter`/`⌘↩`	Insert line below
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Enter`/`⌘⇧↩`	Insert line above
`Tab`/`Shift`+`Tab`	Indent / un-indent
`Ctrl`+`[`/`⌘[`	Un-indent line
`Ctrl`+`]`/`⌘]`	Indent line
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`[`/`⌘⌥[`	Fold selection
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`]`/`⌘⌥]`	Unfold selection

About Sublime Text Shortcuts

Sublime Text is a fast, sophisticated text editor known for its speed, beautiful interface, and powerful multi-cursor editing. It features a minimap, split editing, distraction-free mode, and a rich plugin ecosystem through Package Control. Sublime Text's Goto Anything feature and extensive keyboard shortcut system make it one of the most efficient editors for rapid code navigation and editing.

This reference covers 28 essential Sublime Text keyboard shortcuts organized across 4 categories: General, Navigation, Selection, and more. Each shortcut lists both macOS and Windows/Linux key combinations where applicable, making it easy to find the right key combo regardless of your operating system.

Learning keyboard shortcuts is one of the highest-leverage investments you can make in your daily workflow. Studies show that developers and designers who rely on keyboard shortcuts are measurably faster at common tasks. Rather than memorizing every shortcut at once, focus on the ones you use most frequently and gradually expand your repertoire.

Bookmark this page for quick reference whenever you need to look up a Sublime Text shortcut. The categorized layout makes it easy to find shortcuts by their function, whether you need navigation, editing, or specialized commands.