Hi.

I’d like to be able to navigate within a file that has many functions.
I understand that there is a way to generate a list of functions that exist within a file, and navigate quickly between them.

This sounds great.

However, the default keybinding for this is ‘CTRL-r’. I have installed emacs-style navigation in ST2, which captures that keybinding for searching backwards through a file.

So I’d like to create a new keybinding for this command.
If I go to Preferences->Keybindings-user, a file opens with this line as the sole contents:

{ “keys”: “alt+shift+v”], “command”: “validate” }

How do I edit this file, so that I can create a new keybinding for generating a list of symbols?

Go to preferences->keybindings->default. Search for “ctrl+r”, copy that line and paste into the user keybindings. Change the ctrl+r in the user keybindings to the key combination you want to use for that command.

I’d like to keep CTRL-r for searching backwards.
So, I’d like to bind the command to a new key combination.

How do I do this? I can now see the keybindings, but I don’t know the name of the command for listing symbols. Nor do I know if the ability to list symbols is included in st2 by default.

You’ll know the name by searching for “ctrl+r” in the default key bindings. Then after having copy and pasted that line into your user key bindings, you know where it now says “ctrl+r”? Change that to the key combination you want for that command.

Ok, I’ve edited and saved my keybinding user preferences.
This is what it looks like now:

{
“color_scheme”: “Packages/Color Scheme - Default/Monokai.tmTheme”,
“font_size”: 10
},

{ “keys”: “ctrl+1”], “command”: “show_overlay”, “args”: {“overlay”: “goto”, “text”: “@”} }

]

The only thing is that my new keybinding doesn’t do anything. Hitting “ctrl+1” doesn’t evoke any kind of response in a buffer with a javascript file in it.

So what should I try doing now?

keybindings != settings

There should be a file called Settings - User (where you keep the color_scheme and font_size) and Keybindings - User, where you keep your custom keybindings. They can’t be together.

Probably the simplest way to make sure you’re putting everything in the right place is to use the menu. Click on “Preferences”, then choose “Keybindings - User”, and make sure that that file it opens looks like this:

{ "keys": "ctrl+1"], "command": "show_overlay", "args": {"overlay": "goto", "text": "@"} },
]

Although this file will be in your Packages/User directory, what it will actually be called depends on your OS.

The docs might help as well: docs.sublimetext.info/en/latest/ … dings.html

P.S. Stuff will make sense eventually