News: September 2026

Sublime Text Build 4213

September 21, 2026 by Benjamin Schaaf

Sublime Text now ships with Python 3.14 and Python 3.3. Python 3.3 is disabled by default and will be removed in a future version. If you're experiencing plugin compatibility issues you can re-enable 3.3 using the setting "disable_plugin_host_3.3": false.

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Full Changelog

New Features and Improvements

  • Upgraded Python 3.8 to Python 3.14
  • Python 3.3 is now disabled by default
  • Various syntax highlighting improvements
  • Newly rewritten C# syntax highlighting thanks to deathaxe
  • Added file icon themes. See the documentation
  • Added open_terminal command for opening external terminal emulators
  • Scope selectors can now use > to explicitly match child scopes
  • Improved performance when saving many files
  • Improved performance of git status
  • Improved tab dragging behavior while using enable_tab_scrolling
  • Undo/redo history is no longer restored when the file has changed on disk
  • Fine tuned fuzzy matching logic to improve sorting in some cases
  • Added support for git reftables
  • Improved join line behavior with right-brackets
  • Improved ruler position when using a proportional font
  • Added "io_workers" setting

API

  • Improved type hints
  • Added Sheet.name() and Sheet.set_name() for all sheet types
  • Added sublime.lib_path() function
  • sublime.load_resource will now throw FileTooLarge when the resource exceeds size limits
  • sublime.load_resource can now be passed a max_size parameter
  • Fixed find_syntax_for_file not handling paths on Windows
  • Fixed some edge cases when using NewFileFlags.REPLACE_MRU
  • Fixed View.syntax() returning None with specific syntaxes
  • Fixed command names not being snake_cased correctly
  • Fixed initialization when multi-inheriting classes

Windows

  • The minimum required version is now Windows 10
  • Fixed a problem where rendering stops running
  • Fixed a code-signing issue that could result in spurious warnings
  • Fixed multi-instance handling when running ST as administrator
  • Limited the number of extensions shown in file dialogs
  • Fixed installer not removing all files after certain updates

Mac

  • The minimum required version is now macOS 10.13
  • Added "click_through" setting
  • Fixed windows not restoring to workspaces
  • Fixed window styling for macOS 27
  • Fixed issues restoring minimized windows
  • Fixed incorrect window size when going from a maximized window to full screen
  • Made open_dir command work with no open windows

Linux

  • Fixed modal dialogs blocking all open windows
  • Fixed drag-state becoming stuck after dragging text from chrome
  • Fixed incorrectly setting selection clipboard when multiple sheets are selected
  • Fixed modifier keys persisting after window close
  • Fixed KDE "alternate characters" input method not working as expected
  • Fixed tab dragging under Wayland causing an air-drop when not intended
  • PATH is now respected when looking up pkexec and gksudo

Fixes

  • Fixed find-in-files not properly searching for folders starting with a dot
  • Fixed minimized windows popping up on quit
  • Fixed a case where close_project command corrupted the workspace file
  • Fixed close_project not closing windows when expected
  • Fixed a case where loading a project cleared the folder list
  • Fixed a false positive case in filesystem loop detection
  • Fixed sidebar resizing not working when sidebar is on the right and using non-integer DPI scaling
  • Fixed the side bar selection not begin updating in some cases
  • Fixed an issue with sidebar focus when animations are disabled
  • Fixed sheets not being focused when double-clicking in the sidebar with "preview_on_click" disabled
  • Fixed selection not being maintained when joining lines
  • Fixed caret disappearing when clicking off inline diffs
  • Fixed select_lines not scrolling to reveal the selection
  • Fixed Close Unmodified Tabs menu hiding when no tabs are modified
  • Fixed Goto Definition sometimes being scrolled incorrectly
  • Fixed ? matching / in wildcards
  • Fixed file encoding not being restored for unsaved files
  • Fixed non-integer "default_font_size" being rounded
  • Fixed build system variable "path" not working
  • Fixed a syntax engine crash