Is it possible to chain key binding commands in sublime text 2?
There are times in Sublime Text when I want to reveal the current file in the side bar and then navigate around the folder structure.
This can be achieved using the commands reveal_in_side_bar
and focus_side_bar
however they have to be bound to two separate key combinations so I have to do 2 keyboard combinations to achieve my goal when ideally I'd like just one (I'm lazy).
Is there any way to bind multiple commands to a single key combination? e.g. something like this:
{
"keys": ["alt+shift+l"],
"commands": ["reveal_in_side_bar", "focus_side_bar"]
},
Solution
Based on @artem-ivanyk's and @d_rail's answers
1) Tools → New Plugin
import sublime, sublime_plugin
class RevealInSideBarAndFocusCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
def run(self):
self.window.run_command("reveal_in_side_bar")
self.window.run_command("focus_side_bar")
Save as RevealInSideBarAndFocus.py
2) Sublime Text 2 → Preferences → Key Bindings — User
Bind it to shortcut:
{ "keys": ["alt+shift+l"], "command": "reveal_in_side_bar_and_focus" }
Solution 1:
Although the question is a year old, this might help people that are still looking for an answer.
Recently, a new package was developed by jisaacks, called Chain of command
. It has the primary task to do exactly what you request, to chain several commands at once.
The package can be found here: https://github.com/jisaacks/ChainOfCommand
An example of the working can be found below.
Let's say you wanted a key binding to duplicate the current file. You could set this key binding:
{
"keys": ["super+shift+option+d"],
"command": "chain",
"args": {
"commands": [
["select_all"],
["copy"],
["new_file"],
["paste"],
["save"]
]
}
}
This would select all the text, copy it, create a new file, paste the text, then open the save file dialog.
Source: https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/Chain%20of%20Command.
Solution 2:
Updating @Artem Ivanyk's answer. I do not know what changed in Sublime, but that solution did not work for me, but I got this to work:
import sublime, sublime_plugin
class RevealInSideBarAndFocusCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
def run(self):
self.window.run_command("reveal_in_side_bar")
self.window.run_command("focus_side_bar")
.
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+8"], "command": "reveal_in_side_bar_and_focus" }
Btw, I'm using Build 2220