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mralexlau
mralexlau

Reputation: 1993

Explicit Deselect in Sublime Text 2's Multiselect

In Sublime Text 2, you can multiselect the next occurrence of a word with Command+D (on Macs, Ctrl+D on Windows). Is there a way to explicitly deselect an occurrence of a word?

Note: I know you can use Command+K, Command+D to skip an occurrence of a multiselect. The problem is that this command automatically still highlights the next occurrence of the word. I'm looking for a shortcut that simply deselects the last selection.

Upvotes: 17

Views: 4036

Answers (4)

Matt Jensen
Matt Jensen

Reputation: 1564

To deselect the last occurrence selected with ⌘ + D try using:

On Mac: ⌘ + U

On Windows: Control + U

Update: Confirmed this works on Sublime v3 & v4+

Upvotes: 23

elomage
elomage

Reputation: 4474

On Linux and Windows, using the mouse:

  • To remove a selection from the multiple selection: Shift+Alt+RIGHT Mouse Button

  • To add a new selection to the multiple selection: Shift+Ctrl+RIGHT Mouse Button

  • To add a new cursor to multiple selection: Ctrl+LEFT Mouse Button

You may drag the mouse over what you need to deselect.

If you drag in the middle of a longer selection, you may end up with two new fragments of it selected that are separated by the area that you dragged the mouse over. Thus, sometimes by removing a selection you may create two new ones before and after.

Works in Sublime Text 3 as well.

Upvotes: 0

pmeves
pmeves

Reputation: 21

On Mac you can deselect any occurrence by using cmd+alt+shift+left mouse button

I have not found the similar shortcut for Windows yet.

Upvotes: 2

Hugo Corrá
Hugo Corrá

Reputation: 14789

Try the following keyboard shortcut:

Ctrl+u

...or you can go the Edit -> Undo Selection -> Soft Undo

Upvotes: 2

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