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On Sublime Text running on Windows the Middle Mouse button acts as select range, on Linux its Shift+Right click. How can I set the middle mouse button to be select range on Linux? Specifically Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu?
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On Sublime Text running on Windows the Middle Mouse button acts as select range, on Linux its Shift+Right click. How can I set the middle mouse button to be select range on Linux? Specifically Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu?
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You need to create a custom mouse map in Linux and add the relevant bindings that define the Windows behavior. In Sublime, create a new file with JSON syntax and the following contents:
[
// Mouse 3 column select
{
"button": "button3",
"press_command": "drag_select",
"press_args": {"by": "columns"}
},
{
"button": "button3", "modifiers": ["ctrl"],
"press_command": "drag_select",
"press_args": {"by": "columns", "additive": true}
},
{
"button": "button3", "modifiers": ["alt"],
"press_command": "drag_select",
"press_args": {"by": "columns", "subtractive": true}
}
]
Then, save the file as ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User/Default (Linux).sublime-mousemap
. You should now be able to mimic the Windows middle mouse functionality in Linux.
Notes:
~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 3/Packages/User/Default (OSX).sublime-mousemap
(note the OSX
in the parentheses instead of Linux
).
It worked seconds after saving the file. Thank you :) – leonardo_assumpcao – 2016-08-14T21:41:00.300
You sir are a genius and a life saver! – Alex – 2017-07-31T02:51:11.353