Close all tabs, but not the window, in Sublime Text

Question

Is there a way to close all tabs in one go in Sublime Text, but leave the window with the current project open? It is really annoying when I just want to close all open file and start the new task I have to Cmd-W them one by one. If I do Cmd-Opt-W it will close all tabs and the current project.

Answer 1

Thanks to Alex, it turned out kind of simple, Preferences > Key Bindings > User:

{ "keys": ["super+shift+w"], "command": "close_all" }

No need to restart Sublime, it works right away. And what's even better, no need to get used new shortcuts, you can still close Sublime window with Cmd-W after all tabs are gone.

Answer 2

There's an option in the file menu, but it has no shortcut:

• File -> Close All Files

Edit - change user settings:

kay, open Preferences -> Key Bindings - User and paste the following between the []:

{ "keys": ["ctrl+alt+shift+w"], "command": "close_all" }

then use Ctrl, Alt, Shift and w to close all tabs.

You'll have to restart Sublime first.

Note: For Sublime Text 3.2.2,Build 3211 you don't need to restart the sublime text to waste your time.Just place code in [ ](as mentioned above),save it and close Key Bindings - User window.Now all opened tabs will be close with out exiting Sublime Text by using Ctrl + Alt + Shift + W .

Answer 3

Here is what I have set up on Mac Sublime Text 3

1. Go to Sublime Text -> Preferences -> Key Bindings - User
2. Add the following binding:
[
  ... ... ...
  { "keys": ["command+shift+w"], "command": "close_all" }
]
3. Save file

Now, hitting "Command+Shift+W" will close all of your open tabs. Hitting "Command+W" closes current tab only. This is sort of consistent with Mac shortcuts for other app windows.

Answer 4

By default, closing all tabs don't close the window, but beware: The last build 3059 (December 13, 2013) of Sublime Text 3 does now include:

Automatically closing windows when the last tab is dragged out

It is managed by this setting:

// Set to true to close windows as soon as the last file is closed, unless
// there's a folder open within the window. This is always enabled on OS X,
// changing it here won't modify the behavior.
"close_windows_when_empty": false,

---

I just want to close all open file and start the new task

In that same Sublime Text 3 build 3059, you also have the setting:

When the last file is closed, a new transient file is created automatically

Combined with "File -> Close All Files", that can help starting quickly in a new file.

Answer 5

Go to Preferences>Key Bindings - User> and add following line.

{ "keys": ["super+w"], "command": "close_file" }

Now when you hit cmd+w, only file gonna close not the whole window because you target "close_file".

Answer 6

The Coolest way is : File - > Close All Tabs

Answer 7

If you are like me, and actually prefer doing right click on a tab and select the Close All Tabs command, you can:

1. Run the View Package File command in Sublime Text
2. Select Default/Tab Context.sublime-menu
3. Add the line:

{ "command": "close_all", "args": { "group": -1, "index": -1 }, "caption": "Close All Tabs" }

4. Save. Restarting might be required.

Hints:

• Tested in ST3, but the documentation I got this from was for ST2, so it should be fine
• Do not forget to add a comma at the end of the line if it is not the last
• For me it was not possible to edit the Tab Context.sublime-menu file because the folder it is supposed to be in was missing. It that is the case, just create it, for me it was $HOME\AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages\Default\
• It is also possible to just create/edit the file directly instead of going through the package viewing process