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Joel Mellon
Joel Mellon

Reputation: 3855

How do I Goto Anything (across all "projects" or windows) in Sublime Text?

aka: How can I find a tab in another window in Sublime?

In Sublime, the feature called Goto Anything (⌘+P, ⌘+T, Win: ⌃+P, etc.) searches through a list of open files/tabs, or any files (and more) but only in your current project/focused window :( I understand why it works that way but it's not super useful for having a bunch of random files open.

I'm currently using Sublime on my home computer (Mac) where I have 3 or 4 windows open (not technically projects, but Sublime seems to associate the two conceptually) each with 1-5 tabs. It's often difficult to find a tab I was using for a quick note (eg. groceries) because right-clicking the app icon in the dock only shows the active tab per window. If "groceries" was in a window and wasn't the last viewed tab when I went to another Sublime window, it's effectively lost, and I've got to start going through each one of my Sublime windows to find it.

I've also tried the Find in Files... feature (⇧+⌘+F) with <open files> in the Where field thinking I'd just search for something in the file (eg. eggs) but "open files" really means "open files in this project/window"...same scope limitation.

I've even looked for a plugins that might help but "Goto absolutely everything" is a concept that's hard to search for. I've been wanting to try writing my own so I'd be grateful for a Python solution as well!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1423

Answers (1)

Craig
Craig

Reputation: 2704

I realize this is a somewhat old thread, and you may have already come up with a solution. While there is no way that I know of to do a search or goto anything across all windows, I developed a Sublime Text plugin that allows you to jump between windows using command+shift+o on Mac OS X.

You can install it from package control:
https://packagecontrol.io/packages/GotoWindow

Upvotes: 3

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