Multiple cursors in Sublime Text under Ubuntu

Shift+Right Mouse Button is the combination for column selection in Linux.


  • Ctrl + Mouse1Click will set another cursor at the location of the click.

  • Ctrl + D will highlight the current word, move the cursor to its end, and add another highlight and cursor at the next occurence of that word. Repeated presses will select additional occurences.


Alt+Shift+Up Will Add a new cursor on the line above the current one

Alt+Shift+Down Will Add a new cursor on the line under the current one