How to open file using only keyboard in Sublime Text?

Question

How do I open a file using only keyboard in Sublime Text 2/3?

Looking for equivalent of <Esc>:e /path/to/file from Vim.

Solution 1

On OS X, Press Cmd-O to open the file browser.

Then, Cmd-Shift-G allows you to enter the name of the folder to go to.

Finally, just type the file name (or a unique prefix) to select the file you want. You can also navigate using the arrow keys.

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Plugin for opening files by name

The following plugin allows you to type a file name and have it opened in Sublime Text 2. It should work on any OS.

import sublime, sublime_plugin

def open_file(window, filename):
    window.open_file(filename, sublime.ENCODED_POSITION)

class OpenFileByNameCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
    def run(self):
        fname = self.window.active_view().file_name()
        if fname == None:
            fname = ""

        def done(filename):
            open_file(self.window, filename)

        self.window.show_input_panel(
            "file to open: ", fname, done, None, None)

This allows you to encode a position in that file in the file name:

• /path/to/file:42 will open the file and go to line 42
• /path/to/file:42:23 will open the file and go to line 42, column 23

Selecting a file:

After selection:

For information how plugins work and how you can integrate this in the UI, see this answer.

Solution 2

Why don't you just use the Ctrl-P? (Goto -> Goto anything)

Solution 3

Sublime Files Sublime Text 2 plugin for keyboard driven file navigation. It is more less like Emacs file opening interface

Take a look at Sublime-File-Navigator plugin it is more VIM-ish

Solution 4

I recently wrote a plugin, iOpener, that will open files from path using completion, directory listings and history. It also sensibly opens folders by adding the into the side bar of a new window.

I tried to emulate the functionality of emacs were possible.

https://github.com/rosshemsley/iOpener

(I know this question is for ST2. I could always back-port the code if there were enough demand. Though I suspect most people use ST3 now.)

Solution 5

Verified on ST3.1.1, Build 3176. This should work without any plugin.

To open a file which is not part of the project, for example ~/.bashrc:

On Ubuntu, you can use Ctrl-O to get to the file open dialog, and then Ctrl-L to get a line for writing the file name. This also works for hidden files.

On MacOS, use Cmd-O and Cmd-Shift-G.

For project files, use Ctrl-P respective Cmd-P.

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Comments

[Jose Varghese]

memeLab - it works without a project too in Sublime Text 2. Cmd+P on Mac.

[Sohel Ahmed Mesaniya]

infinite upvote to this answer. It saved me lot of time for scrolling the list of many files. Thanks buddy

[nodebase]

This is what I was looking for!

[Admin]

Alt + D highlights the address bar in windows file explorer (windows 10), in case you're not able to do Cmd + PoopGlitter + G. From there, the address bar allows tab completion and will go straight to your file.

[mraxus]

Thanks a lot for the first suggestion for OSX, just what I needed =-D