Sublime Text - show open files on the left

Question

Is there a way to show the files that are open in SublimeText on the left of the screen, in a simple list?

I'd simply like the open files to appear on the left in a clickable way like this

file1.txt
file2.css
file3.htm
etc

is that possible?

score 293 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 10 '14 at 03:39

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Go to the "View" menu and choose "Side Bar", then "Show Open Files"

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edited Nov 10 '14 at 03:39

Andreas Bergström

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answered Oct 13 '12 at 01:37

Nathan Manousos

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Situations like this makes me wish that the answer with the most upvotes was automatically and dynamically displayed as the correct answer. – Andreas Bergström Nov 10 '14 at 02:43
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Also, is there a way to set this as the default behavior? Can't find anything in the default config file. – Andreas Bergström Nov 10 '14 at 02:45
@AndreasBergström yeah, I wondered that too - something that can be added to Preferences.sublime-settings for the user – iamkeir May 05 '15 at 12:41
@iamkeir have you found out what would it be? – Ufos Oct 21 '16 at 11:02
surely there is a command that is not referred to in the default key bindings, like 'toggle_tabs' for Hide Tabs – Rivenfall Aug 31 '17 at 11:49

score 21 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 25 '14 at 07:42

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Right click on open file in editor... Click on Reveal in Side Bar option, it will sync the open file with side bar

answered Nov 25 '14 at 07:42

vikram jeet singh

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score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 23 '12 at 10:47

Ctrl+K+B will reveal the 'Side bar', with open file information. It is really worth using projects, they are really simple and provides for easy folder/project/file switching. I also strongly reccomend going to preferences>Key Bindings - Default through the menus, and looking at all the functionality and keyboard shortcuts. Also 'preferences>Settings - Defualt`, shows you all of the configurable options (there are a lot). These are basically 'must dos' for getting full goodness out of Sublime.

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 23 '16 at 10:56

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If you want to do it only using keyboard, Command + Shift + P and select View: Toggle Open Files in Side Bar

answered Dec 23 '16 at 10:56

Joe

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 10 '21 at 19:32

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Here's the key binding to run this shortcut using the keyboard:

[
    { "keys": ["super+shift+j"], "command": "reveal_in_side_bar" },
]

answered Apr 10 '21 at 19:32

Roger Oba

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Sublime Text - show open files on the left

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