Shortcut to "Close Other Tabs"?

[utotwel]

Is there a key shortcut to execute the "Close Other Tabs" command?

[willi297]

Here is the content of Packages/Default/Tab Context.sublime-menu

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<menu>
   <item caption="Close Tab" command="closeUnder"/>
   <item caption="Close Other Tabs" command="closeAllExceptUnder"/>
   <item caption="Close Tabs to the Right" command="closeToRightOfUnder"/>
   <item caption="Close All" command="closeAll"/>
   <separator/>
   <item caption="Save" command="saveUnder"/>
   <separator/>
   <item caption="New view into %s" command="cloneUnder"/>
   <separator/>
   <item caption="Buffer Name..." command="editBufferNameUnder"/>
</menu>


So just add the following to your Packages/User/Default.sublime-keymap (feel free to change the key assignement )

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<!--
Place your key bindings in here, this will ensure they don't get overwritten
when installing new versions of Sublime Text
-->
<bindings>
    ....
    <binding key="ctrl+alt+w"  command="closeAllExceptUnder"/>
</bindings>


[jps]

The commands in the tab context menu rely on a bit of magic, and they won't work outside of the right click context menu (as they operate on the tab under the mouse cursor, not the one that has input focus).

There isn't a built in command that does what you want, but it is possible to make one via the python API.

[utotwel]

OK, I'll dig into it. If anyone has already written an extension, please let me know!

[guillermooo]

This should do the trick:

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# tab_management.py
class CloseAllOtherTabsCommand(sublimeplugin.WindowCommand):
    def run(self, window, args):
        active_group = window.activeGroup()
        curr_view_id = window.activeViewInGroup(active_group).id()

        for v in window.viewsInGroup(active_group):
            if v.id() == curr_view_id: continue
            window.focusView(v)
            window.runCommand("close")

[utotwel]

Thanks for the code! But, how would I take this and bind it to a key? I placed the code in a Python file and put it in the Users/Packages directory. I also changed it to extend sublimeplugin.TextCommand instead of WindowCommand.

I added the following code in my bindings:

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<binding key="ctrl+t" command="closeAllOtherTabs"/>

But still no dice...

Here is the entire package that I saved in User/Packages

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import sublime, sublimeplugin

# tab_management.py
class CloseAllOtherTabsCommand(sublimeplugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, window, args):
        active_group = window.activeGroup()
        curr_view_id = window.activeViewInGroup(active_group).id()

        for v in window.viewsInGroup(active_group):
            if v.id() == curr_view_id: continue
            window.focusView(v)
            window.runCommand("close")


[guillermooo]

It doesn't make sense to extend TextCommand because you're not operating on text, does it?

Also, if you do so you will get a `view` object passed to `.run` instead of a `window`, so the first version won't work. You could modify the code to make it work as a TextCommand, but I see little reason to do so.

[utotwel]

Thanks for the response. I'm still a little unclear how to take the code you wrote and have it run when I hit a given key combination (let's say ctrl+t). I changed it back to your original code and placed it in Packages/User. I also added the key binding shown above, but it still doesn't close all other tabs when I press the key combination. Any ideas?

[guillermooo]

Hm... It works here on Sublime 1.4. What version are you using?

[utotwel]

I'm also running 1.4. I must be making a noob mistake somewhere. I'll try again fresh in a bit and see if I can get it working.