How can I put cursor on every line in Sublime Text?

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I want to be able to edit every line of my data simultaneously, for instance put quotations in front of every line. I am wondering what the key combination is that will enable me to do this.

score 262 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '16 at 16:30

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Four steps:

Select all the text: CTRL A
Activate multi-cursors: CTRL (or CMD on Mac) SHIFT L
Press the Home key to move all cursors to the front of the line
Press the " quote key to insert the quote.

Using the Home End and CTRL + left | right arrow keys is handy when managing multiple cursors.

answered Feb 17 '16 at 16:30

Eric Hotinger

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I've been using sublime for 5+ years, and wish I knew this years ago. @Jacko Give this man the green checkmark. – Dave Liu May 16 '19 at 20:27
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how isn't this even checked as the answer – mahmoudafer Jun 21 '19 at 22:06
So sorry folks, I've been out of commission - just gave Eric the green check! – Jacko Dec 06 '19 at 02:06
Feels like I come back here once a month after trying every other key combination I can think of. Thanks (again) for this. – Joshua Pinter Sep 17 '20 at 21:56
@DamiánRafaelLattenero how? – Alex78191 Oct 26 '20 at 17:11
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Danger Will Robinson - be warned, if youre using AMD Radeon software and have hotkeys enabled, it will hijack Ctrl-Shift-L and say "Performance Logging Started". Hopefully google will save some sorry souls struggling with this. The answer is to disable hotkeys in the AMD Radeon app. – Paula Livingstone Jul 26 '22 at 11:25
This is a great answer, can't imaging how much time it will save me. – laterSon Aug 14 '22 at 21:14

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 16:17

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On a mac, you can highlight the lines you wish to edit and use CMDShiftL, or ctrlShiftL on Windows.

answered Feb 17 '16 at 16:17

TayTay

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If you happen to use Loom, quit that program because it hijacks this hotkey combo on mac. – Abram Aug 29 '19 at 14:21
For the loom comment, thank you kindly!!! It drove me nuts!! – mido Mar 26 '21 at 22:40

score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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On Mac

cmd+A (Select all)
cmd+shift+L (Split selection into lines)
shift+2 (Surround selection with quotes)
esc (Escape)

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 29 '19 at 15:27

Thanks! Step 3 should be shift + ". – entron Sep 08 '20 at 15:26
Step 3 is definitely locale dependent – jmm Oct 13 '21 at 15:21

score 9 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 22 '19 at 13:45

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On Windows

CTRL+A (Select all Data)

CTRL+Shift+L (Cursor will appear on each line)

Shift+ (right or left key) (move the cursor left or right)

Press ESC to remove the focus.

edited Nov 22 '19 at 13:45

HMD

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answered Nov 22 '19 at 13:23

Hassan Raza

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Appreciate it Hassan / HMD – Jacko Dec 06 '19 at 02:13

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 24 '22 at 09:20

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In case if you want to put cursor at every string as currently selected, use Find All shortcut:

Windows/Linux: Alt+F3

Mac: ⌃+⌘+G

All Multiple Selection shortcuts

answered Jun 24 '22 at 09:20

German Khokhlov

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How can I put cursor on every line in Sublime Text?

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On Mac