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bcollins
bcollins

Reputation: 3449

Sublime Text shortcut for stepping into a function

In Eclipse, one can use ctrl + click to go directly to a function definition.

For example:

f = my_tool.main()

If I ctrl + click on main(), then I will be directed to the code for the main function in the my_tool module.

Is there a equivalent functionality in Sublime Text?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2298

Answers (4)

usertwelve
usertwelve

Reputation: 11

This can now be done in Sublime Text. If you hover over an identifier it will now pop up with a menu that can lead to the definition. This is rather slow to wait for the pop-up and you wanted the Ctrl+Click. To get it you need to add a custom mouse binding. How to make one and where to save it can be found in the Sublime Text Mouse Binding Docs.

For example on my Linux machine to get to the right directory use Preferences > Browse Packages... and find the User directory in this folder. In the User directory add a Default (Linux).sublime-mousemap file. Note: The Linux part will be different if you are not on linux. I think the identifiers are Windows and OSX. Within the file you can add this:

[
    {
        "button": "button1",
        "count": 1,
        "modifiers": ["alt"],
        "press_command": "drag_select",
        "press_args": {"additive": true}
    },
    {
        "button": "button1",
        "modifiers": ["ctrl"],
        "count": 1,
        "press_command": "drag_select",
        "command": "goto_definition"
    }
]

The first entry is to reassign the previous functionality of creating multiple cursors to Alt+Click. The second assigns goto definition to Ctrl+Click.

Upvotes: 0

AGS
AGS

Reputation: 14498

Another method is to install CTags for SublimeText.

The default bindings allow you to either place your cursor in the function name and type ctrl + t, ctrl + t, or use the mouse binding and do ctrl + shift + left-click. This will take you to the function definition, either in the same file or a different file. You can then do ctrl + t, ctrl + b or ctrl + shift + right-click to jump back.

Upvotes: 0

Bibhas Debnath
Bibhas Debnath

Reputation: 14929

While Daniel's answer is the standard way for a ST user of achieving what you want, you can get a similar feature with the help of SublimeCodeIntel plugin. You can highlight a method or class > right click > goto definition. Or you can configure custom keyboard shortcut so that you can highlight and press the defined keyboard combination and you'll be taken to the method definition.

Upvotes: 1

Daniel Figueroa
Daniel Figueroa

Reputation: 10666

Something somewhat similar is to press ctrl+p and type <filename>@<methodname>. As usual Sublime uses fuzzy search so you don't have to be very exact when doing this.

Another nifty little trick is to do the same but instead type <filename>:<linenumber>, which will take you directly to that line. This is handy when you get exceptions or errors.

Upvotes: 3

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