Selective word highlight in SublimeText

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Here are some useful key combos for selecting words in Sublime Text.

Ctrl⌘G - selects all occurrences of the current word (AltF3 on Windows/Linux)

⌘D - selects the next instance of the current word if it is already selected, otherwise selects the current word (CtrlD)

⌘K,⌘D - skips the current instance and goes on to select the next one (CtrlK,CtrlD)
⌘U - "soft undo", moves back to the previous selection (CtrlU)

⌘E, ⌘H - uses the current selection as the "Find" field in Find and Replace (CtrlE,CtrlH)

If you start with an empty selection, ⌘D and Ctrl⌘G will search by whole words automatically. If you start with a non-empty selection, it will search for any instance of the text (disregarding word boundaries).

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angeldev

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

angeldev over 1 year

Is there any way that i can select some words to be highlighted and their instances as well. This feature i especially used when viewing log files in Notepad++
- slhck over 10 years
  
  When you select a word, its occurrences are already highlighted. Or do you mean "select" them?
- angeldev over 10 years
  
  I just want to highlight them then move on with the cursor. Used to assist in viewing logs. Selection is sepearate
- vjalle about 7 years
  
  How do you mean "move on with the cursor"?
angeldev over 10 years

I just want to highlight them then move on with the cursor. Used to assist in viewing logs. Selection is separate
Jim Raynor about 8 years

Agree. I don't need to select them all. Just want to double click to select a word then all occurrences are highlighted to help quickly examining the document. How hard is that? After 2 years seems that this one is still not fully implemented.
vjalle about 7 years

@JimRaynor You can do that if "Highlight matches" is turned off in search. (Came here hoping to find a way to have both highlight at the same time. Looks like this might do it.)