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Version: Build 4200

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Changelog

Build 4200

21 May 2025

We're planning on making some changes to the supported plugin Python versions.
See the Blog post for more details.

New Features and Improvements

Sidebar can now be moved to the right side using the "sidebar_on_right" setting
Build systems can now optionally have an input box by using "interactive": true
Added "disable_plugin_host_3.3" setting. This causes all plugins to run under 3.8
Rewritten syntax highlighting for SQL, ActionScript, Diff, Bash and Graphviz thanks to jrappen, michaelblyons, keith-hall and deathaxe
Added Zsh and TOML syntax highlighting thanks to deathaxe
Various syntax highlighting improvements
Improved git status performance
Significantly improved performance when editing with many selections
Commands passed via the command line are now delayed until files and plugins have loaded
Built-in color schemes now specially highlight string mapping keys
Improved behavior of copy/cut with multiple empty selections
Tab translation is now disabled when reading from stdin
Improved handling of saving files in non-existent directories
Added "default_font_size" setting
Added "reload_file_in_background" setting
Added "set_unsaved_view_name_for_syntax" setting
Allow variable expansion in a syntax's first_line_match regex
API: Added Window.create_io_panel and Window.find_io_panel
API: Added Selection.has_empty_region, Selection.has_non_empty_region and Selection.has_multiple_non_empty_regions

Fixes

Fixed wrap_lines command not understanding newer ruler settings
Fixed bookmarks not toggling at EOF
Fixed an issue with click event handling on the scroll bar
Fixed build system errors not having the correct PATH
Fixed index crawler leaking shared memory in special cases
Fixed local transformed symbols having the wrong region
Fixed find_under_expand edge case
Fixed uneven indent guide rendering with fractional dpi scaling
Fixed certain minimap settings incorrectly affecting text rendering

Build 4192

20 Jan 2025

Fixed tab not working when tab completion is disabled and there is no matching snippet
Fixed find field not expanding with multi-line search queries
Fixed a scroll position tracking issue
Windows: Fixed an issue with timer accuracy

Build 4189

20 Dec 2024

Fixed a performance regression when editing large files
Fixed laggy window resizing regression when text wrap is turned off
Fixed incorrect scroll extents when using fractional scaling
Fixed symbol icons missing in some cases
Fixed find_under_expand_skip clearing the selection when there's only one occurrence

Build 4186

17 Dec 2024

Various syntax highlighting improvements
Fixed file change detection not working for cloned views after the original is closed
Fixed prompting to reload right after reloading
Fixed find-in-files results not always being sorted
Significantly improved cache compression performance
Improved performance of custom regex engine used for syntax highlighting
Reduced syntax engine memory usage under certain conditions
Improved git repository scanning performance
Improved rendering performance by making theming faster
Added unselect_current command for tab multi-selection
Fixed tab order getting reversed when a group is closed
Fixed regression in Goto Definition where symbols in the current file weren't prioritized
Fixed caret location swapping sides when indenting
Fixed symbol icons missing in some cases
Fixed find_under_expand_skip clearing the selection when there's only one occurrence
Syntax test error messages have been reworked
Syntax tests can now test for symbol transformations
Fixed syntax engine getting confused with multiple overlapping branches
Fixed transformed symbols having an incorrect region
minihtml can now load images from the internet
API: Fixed on_post_move not being triggered when air-dropping
API: CompletionList.set_completions is now thread safe
API: Improved performance when handling many completions
API: View.find_all now supports limiting search to a specified region(s)
API: Fixed null characters truncating log messages
Windows: Fixed crash caused by various Anti-Virus programs calling CreateRemoteThread
Mac: Fixed find clipboard not updating under certain conditions
Mac: Fixed click-through not working

Build 4180

6 Aug 2024

Various syntax highlighting improvements
Newly rewritten Lisp syntax highlighting thanks to deathaxe
Linux: Implemented kinetic scrolling under Wayland
Linux: Implemented xdg-activation protocol for wayland
Linux: Fixed crash on wayland related to tab dragging
Linux: Fixed issues with tab dragging under Wayland
Linux: Added workaround for KDE drag-drop issue causing the caret to get stuck (Also fixed in kwin 6.0.4)
Windows: Implemented scroll-resetting behavior when dragging scroll bar
Windows: Fixed copied text being truncated by null character
Windows: Fixed custom top-level menu items not being themed
Windows, Linux: Allow numbers as menu mnemonics
Mac: Files moved to trash now have a "Put Back" option
Mac: Fixed issues related to dragging the edges of windows
Mac: Fixed security entitlements for plugins not applying properly
Mac: Fixed some issues with applying find clipboard
Mac: Fixed multi-line environment variables not being read correctly
Mac, Linux: Fixed leak of shared memory
Added "goto_anything_file_preview" setting
Added "image_file_patterns" for controlling which files are automatically opened as an image
Added File > Open file as Text/Image for explicitly opening a file as an image or as text
Added context menu for image tabs
Improved behavior of Expand Selection in Python docstrings
The "menu" key now works in the sidebar
Reduced memory usage when editing large files
Full Screen is now restored when exiting Distraction Free Mode
Text selection is now retained when using Split View
Improved handling of invalid UTF-16 sequences
Fixed overlay scrollbars blocking input when invisible
Improved accuracy of scope selectors
Added enable toggle to indexing status dialog
Opening folder history in Sublime Merge now works recursively
Added entry in command palette for opening mouse bindings
Added syntax argument to run_syntax_tests command
Fixed syntax tests not running when files aren't UTF-8 encoded
Files containing colons can now be opened from the command line
Fixed window closing when switching projects under certain conditions
Fixed focus of new windows starting on the last group when "remember_layout" is enabled
Fixed line numbers not being rendered correctly in some cases
Fixed an issue with rulers displaying incorrectly while scrolling under OpenGL
Fixed fold markers not having background rendering
Fixed PATH not being restored correctly when a build system fails to launch
Fixed git repository details not always showing
Find: Find in files history menu now deduplicates entries
Find: Fixed settings not applying to find-in-files
Find: Fixed a case where incorrect settings would be used when run immediately after find_under_expand
Tab Dragging: Improved clarity in mixed-dpi setups
Tab Dragging: Fixed various positioning bugs in mixed-dpi setups
Tab Dragging: Fixed misalignment of labels in some cases
minihtml: Improved error messages
minihtml: Added support for white-space: pre and white-space: pre-wrap
minihtml: <style> tags are now allowed within <head>
minihtml: HTML is no longer parsed within <style> tags
minihtml: Made HTML entity parsing more lenient
Theme: New unmodified files no longer have the "dirty" attribute
API: All functions are now available at import time
API: Optimized auto-completion
API: Fixed ViewEventListener occasionally leaking
API: Fixed Settings.get not always returning the default value on failure
API: Fixed View.style_for_scope not always returning the right "source_line"
API: Added View.utf8_code_units and View.utf16_code_units

Build 4169

24 November 2023

Fixed a stack overflow when closing large amounts of files
API: Fixed backwards compatibility breakage with Sheet.is_transient()
API: Fixed a crash with Window.set_view_index
Linux: Fixed a rare crash with the save dialog
Windows: Fixed a rare crash related to cursor hiding

Build 4166

20 November 2023

Various syntax highlighting improvements
Index collation is now done incrementally
Fixed an issue where animations were causing excessive redraws
Find in files now truncates long lines according to the "find_in_files_context_characters" setting
Fixed auto-complete not suggesting tokens from the current line
Added Mouse Bindings to the Preferences menu
Added Preferences > Font > Choose… for an easy way to select a font
Added Copy Path to Sidebar context menu
Fixed minimap border not rendering
Fixed color emoji blending with transparency
Fixed line-number alignment when using a variable-width font
Fixed double clicking a find in file result sometimes scrolling to the wrong line in the file
Fixed case where opening a file from Sublime Merge wouldn't jump to the right line
Improved bookmark toggling
Improved performance of "Definitions" popup
Improved Join Lines behavior
Improved behavior of Indent command on empty lines
Added "ruler_width" setting
Added current_result command
Fixed case conversions not taking all-caps into account
Fixed an auto-indent issue
Fixed an issue with find_under_expand when the find panel is focused
Fixed disabling "highlight_gutter" resulting in "highlight_line" begin disabled
Fixed some incorrect behavior when converting a multi-line selection to Title Case
Fixed a memory corruption bug related to block carets
Fixed Quick Switch Project… from the settings window closing the window
Fixed "move_to_limit_on_up_down" setting not working
Shift+Enter now also hides the incremental find panel
Fixed macro recording in Vintage package not working
Updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1v
Fixed run_syntax_tests command not running symbol tests
API: Added sublime.choose_font_dialog
API: Allow case insensitive comments using TM_COMMENT_CASE_INSENSITIVE
API: Fixed instability related to overlapping API calls
API: Fixed crash when an edit token is passed to the wrong view
API: Fixed some issues related to plugin initialization
API: ListInputHandler now supports initial_selection
API: Fixed ListInputHandler not selecting the first result when initial_text is provided
API: Added update_text option to sublime.encode_value
API: Fixed expand_to_paragraph in paragraph.py incorrectly unpacking tuple
Linux: Improved tracking of fullscreen state
Linux: Fixed some memory leaks related to fonts
Linux: Fixed "ui_scale" setting not being applied to fonts correctly in some cases
Windows: Added CRLF handling for text drag an drop
Windows: Fixed wrong font extents causing glyphs to be cut off at the top
Windows: Fixed caret movement across phantoms when using fractional scaling
Mac: Improved animation frame timing
Mac: Implemented window cascading
Mac: Recent files are now cleared when "update_system_recent_files" is disabled
Mac: Fixed Copy as HTML not working
Mac: Fixed subl not always finding the correct application bundle
Mac: Fixed "regex_auto_escape" not working

Build 4152

2 August 2023

Mac: Fixed compatibility with macOS 10.14 and earlier

Build 4151

2 August 2023

Various syntax highlighting improvements
Added "fold_style" setting for controlling syntax-based code folding
Last tab in a group can now be selected with alt+9 (Windows/Linux) and cmd+9 (Mac)
Split View retains the original view's viewport position
Added WebP support
Improved minimap viewport contrast with large amounts of visible text
The window title now indicates whether Sublime Text is running with administrator privileges
Improved indentation detection for files with many single space indents
Improved caret positioning when using text wrapping
Fixed files in side-bar not properly reflecting their git status
Find in Files: Tab multi-select modifier keys are now supported
Find in Files: Fixed search results not being ordered
Find in Files: Paths can now be quoted
Find in Files: Added "find_in_files_suppress_errors" settings
Find in Files: Added "find_in_files_context_lines" settings
Find in Files: Added "find_in_files_side_by_side" setting
Find in Files: Ongoing searches are no longer canceled on renamed buffer
Find in Files: Fixed ./ not working in the "Where" field
Find: Added "regex_auto_escape" setting
Find: Fixed find settings confusion when run immediately after find_under_expand
Find: Fixed find in selection skipping empty selections
Fixed word wrap being too early in some cases
Fixed scrolling by page not always including a full line of context
Fixed first character beyond ASCII range not being decoded/encoded for short code pages
Improved performance when drag selecting columns
Fixed annotations displaying incorrectly when "ui_scale" is set to something other than 1
Fixed recent file list not being updated when quitting with hot exit disabled
Fixed high memory usage edge case in minihtml parsing
Fixed case where open file/folder dialogs didn't respect "default_dir" setting
Reopen Closed File now uses the window's file history by default rather than global history
Fixed tabs of deleted files incorrectly showing as modified in some cases
Fixed "draw_centered" setting causing incorrect gutter rendering in some cases
Fixed extra commands being included for macros in some situations
Fixed goto-symbol not showing inside empty groups
Fixed column number in the status bar not updating upon changing tab width
Fixed issue where the command palette could consume key presses while not having input focus
Syntax Highlighting: Improved scope selector performance
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed syntax-based folding not working correctly with some indented code
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed syntax definition negative symbol tests
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed edge case that could break syntax highlighting
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed backtracking bug where tokens were being dropped
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed some hangs caused by syntax backtracking
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed a syntax highlighting performance issue due to backtracking
Syntax Highlighting: Fixed a crash when a lazy loaded syntax doesn't exist
API: Updated to Python 3.8.12 and OpenSSL 1.1.1s
API: The Python 3.3 plugin environment now uses the same OpenSSL as 3.8
API: Added support for the "context" key in mousemaps
API: Fixed inconsistent focus after Window.open_file()
API: The open_file command now supports "transient", "force_group", "clear_to_right" and "force_clone" arguments
API: Added Window.num_views_in_group()
API: Added sublime.project_history()
API: Added sublime.folder_history()
Windows: Added alt+shift+p as default keybinding for Quick Switch Project
Windows: Fixed a packaging error with the installers
Windows: Fixed tooltips sometimes not being removed
Windows: Fixed select folder dialog not respecting the initial directory
Windows: Fixed lockup that could occur when menus and popups interfere
Linux: Files for printing are saved in ~/Downloads if possible to work around snap/flatpak limitations
Linux: User config and cache paths are now created at startup if not present
Linux: Fixed incorrect mouse behavior at window edges
Linux, Mac: Attempt to find the license key for the user when using sudo
Mac: Better support for running as root
Mac: Fixed extra window being created when ST is launched by opening a file from finder
Mac: System setting "click in the scroll bar to" is now respected
Mac: Added workaround for Monterey bug causing scrolling to misbehave
Mac: Added security entitlements allowing plugins & build systems to request the camera and microphone