I want to add a simple “Delete” option to the right click context menu in Sublime Text 3. This would be an option in addition to Cut or Copy.

Doing some research, I found http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/menus but feel it isn’t complete. To test things, I copy and pasted the xml sample in Sublime and saved it under .Packages/Default/Context.sublime-menu but it wiped out everything aside from menu entries added by plug-ins.

Further google searching did not yield other sources for a more detailed entry level how-to. Is there one somebody can share?

Thanks and have a great day!

create file /User/menus/Context.sublime-menu

with content

{
	"caption": "Delete",
	"command": "delete"
}

]

The documentation you are looking is for ST1, look here sublimetext.com/support

Thanks for the help tito but it didn’t work. I saved it under the path and name you gave and then under /User/Context.sublime-menu. In neither instance did the item appear in the context menu when a right-click was performed. Further research into commands for keyboard mapping and I don’t see one for simply delete

1. Main menu bar -> Browse Packages (this should open in explorer/finder/whatever the folder of the packages)
2. Create or enter to the folder named “User”
3. There create file “Context.sublime-menu”
4. Add to that file the content of the previous post.
5. It should add the item, even if “disabled/greyed out” because the command “delete” I think does not exists. But at least is progress, we should later correct the command name and maybe parameters.

I have it working now but it is greyed out. So we need to work on the commands next.

Thank you for your patience, Tito. It is very much appreciated.

Open Preferences > Key Bindings - Default to see an incomplete list of commands and copy from one that does what you need. E.g.

{ "command": "right_delete", "caption":"delete" }, ]

If you mean to delete the file AND you have SideBarEnhancements package installed (which will play nicely on the delete operation), you can use the following command:

{
	"command": "side_bar_delete",
	"args": {
		"paths": ]
	},
	"caption": "Delete File"
}

if you dont use SideBarEnhancements Im not sure how to tell the command to delete current file.

@tito and @steveh4133

Thank you for the help. The context command I wanted to add was to delete a block of text selected just before a mouse right-click.

Please pardon the delay posting this. For a few days I could not call up this site in my browser and then became busy with other projects.

Follow the steps @steveh4133 provided.

If you want to get fancy and have the command in the same region as the other clipboard commands, use this:

	{"id": "clipboard"},
	{"caption": "Delete", "command": "right_delete"}
]