When selecting variable f
, the editor highlights other occurrences of the variable. So far so good, but when trying to add them to the selection list with Ctrl+D
, it also adds f
as it occurs in the code as regular text. I can skip this with Ctrl+K
, but if the editor already identifies f
as a variable, then it can surely also just select variables? This option is not in the menu.
Take this JavaScript snippet.
f=function(){};
f();
When selecting the first f
, it also highlights f
in f()
, but not f
in function
.
When multi-selecting with Ctrl+D
it does select it though.
It's a bug. The post also has the workaround.
Rather than selecting the variable, just put the cursor left to it, and press Ctrl+D
. This will also select it, but only other variables (or what the editor recognises as variables, based on word boundaries) on subsequent Ctrl+D
presses.
You can modify the word_separators
option to not include your variable prefix (i.e. $
for PHP) so when you double-click a variable name, it will select $
as well.
This option is located in the file Preferences.sublime-settings
in your Default
folder. I recommend adding the modified setting to Preferences.sublime-settings
in your User
folder rather than changing the defaults.
"word_separators": "./\\()\"'-:,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}`~?"
Edit:
Unfortunately, currently there's no way to do a Find & Replace within a certain scope. The issue has been raised here, and you can vote for it as a feature request on Sublime's UserEcho forum.