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Sublime Text: How to jump to file from Find Results using keyboard?


If you File > Find in Files... ++F you're brought to the Find Results, listing the files and highlighted matches. You can double-click either the filename/path or the matched line to open the file at the right line.

I wonder if there is a way to do exactly what the double-click does via keyboard?

With Sublimes great file switching capabilities, I thought there must be a way to keep your hands on the keyboard when doing Find in Files....


Solution

  • It appears a plugin has been created to do this. Took a quick look, there are some additional features in the plugin. While my original answer below will work, it will be much easier to install an existing plugin.

    https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/BetterFindBuffer


    Doable with a plugin.

    import sublime
    import sublime_plugin
    import re
    import os
    class FindInFilesGotoCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
        def run(self, edit):
            view = self.view
            if view.name() == "Find Results":
                line_no = self.get_line_no()
                file_name = self.get_file()
                if line_no is not None and file_name is not None:
                    file_loc = "%s:%s" % (file_name, line_no)
                    view.window().open_file(file_loc, sublime.ENCODED_POSITION)
                elif file_name is not None:
                    view.window().open_file(file_name)
    
        def get_line_no(self):
            view = self.view
            if len(view.sel()) == 1:
                line_text = view.substr(view.line(view.sel()[0]))
                match = re.match(r"\s*(\d+).+", line_text)
                if match:
                    return match.group(1)
            return None
    
        def get_file(self):
            view = self.view
            if len(view.sel()) == 1:
                line = view.line(view.sel()[0])
                while line.begin() > 0:
                    line_text = view.substr(line)
                    match = re.match(r"(.+):$", line_text)
                    if match:
                        if os.path.exists(match.group(1)):
                            return match.group(1)
                    line = view.line(line.begin() - 1)
            return None
    

    Set up a key binding with the command find_in_files_goto. Be careful when doing this though. Ideally, there would be some setting that identifies this view as the "Find In Files" view, so you could use that as a context. But I'm not aware of one. Of course, if you do find one, let me know.

    Edit Pulling up the example key binding into the main body of the answer.

    {
        "keys": ["enter"],
        "command": "find_in_files_goto",
        "context": [{
            "key": "selector",
            "operator": "equal",
            "operand": "text.find-in-files"
        }]
    }