Select all and multiple cursors using SublimeText2 - sublimetext2

I have a text file with 100's of news articles.
I need to Select All > Take cursor to the beginning of each line and have the 'multiple cursors' open so I can add some data.
Since the new articles do not have the same begging character, I can not use CTRL+F3.
Is there a way to [CTRL] + [A] (Select All) then > Go to the begging of each line with 'multiple cursors' open ?

You should select all with ctrl+A.
Then split the selection into one selection per line with ctrl+shift+L.
Then press the left arrow key.
Now you should be able to type data at the beginning of each line.

Let me add some answer, ( work in sublime 2 / sublime 3 )
i try with #Riccardo Marotti step
, but when the article have tab it will lead to the very far first line
So I make some fix , To make cursor in every front line or every end of line :
ctrl+A // select all
ctrl+Shift+L // Add cursor to all line
Shift+Home // put cursor to first word in the line
to get the end of line no need to do the first step again if you are in the first line, just do this one :
Shift+End // put cursor to end of line, then
click "right arrow" to remove the drag
or you can try this one (really an experimental works)
Just use you center of mouse, click it (the center roll of your
mouse), then drag, this will lead to add more cursor
, then just press left/right
or try to seek more here :
sublime-text-multiple-cursor-shortcut
override-shortcut-for-multiple-cursors
hope this help

I think ctrl+alt+down (or up) when your cursor is at the beginning of a line might be what you're looking for. It will put the cursor on multiple lines, and what you type will be duplicated on each.

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How can I put cursor on every line in Sublime Text?

I want to be able to edit every line of my data simultaneously, for instance put quotations in front of every line. I am wondering what the key combination is that will enable me to do this.
Four steps:
Select all the text: CTRL A
Activate multi-cursors: CTRL (or CMD on Mac) SHIFT L
Press the Home key to move all cursors to the front of the line
Press the " quote key to insert the quote.
Using the Home End and CTRL + left | right arrow keys is handy when managing multiple cursors.
On a mac, you can highlight the lines you wish to edit and use CMDShiftL, or ctrlShiftL on Windows.
On Mac
cmd+A (Select all)
cmd+shift+L (Split selection into lines)
shift+2 (Surround selection with quotes)
esc (Escape)
On Windows
CTRL+A (Select all Data)
CTRL+Shift+L (Cursor will appear on each line)
Shift+ (right or left key) (move the cursor left or right)
Press ESC to remove the focus.
In case if you want to put cursor at every string as currently selected, use Find All shortcut:
Windows/Linux: Alt+F3
Mac: ⌃+⌘+G
All Multiple Selection shortcuts

How do I select the line at the caret in PhpStorm?

I found "Select Word at Caret" in the Edit menu. Is there a way to do similar, but select the entire line?
If you have nothing selected, and press ⌘ + C, PhpStorm will automatically copy the line at the caret. So basically, you don't need the 'Select Line at Caret' action.
I found "Select Line at Caret" in Preferences under "Keymap". (And associated it with ⌘-L.)
If you are using phpstorm 9 you can press couple of times ctrl + w to select the current line. Also it has some other benefits. Check out Extending selection at https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/help/selecting-text-in-the-editor.html for more details

How to deselect a single multi-selection point in Sublime Text 2

I am finding I often will multi-select a bunch of single points (ctrl+click on the point) in Sublime Text 2, get to the end of the items I want to multi-select and then discover one in the middle of them all that should not have been selected.
I then have to cancel the multi-select (esc key) and start my selection all over.
Is there a way to deselect a single multi-select point? I looked all over the net and experimented with the traditional opposite items such as ctrl+shift+click on the point I want to deselect. No joy.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Try this one:
alt + Middle Mouse Button
this feature/shortcut is called subtract from selection.
In OSX ⌘+opt+shift+ left click removes an added multi-cursor.
On Linux, if you are using a touchpad, try using: Alt + Shift + Right-Click.
If you are on OSX, you need to disable drag_text.
Edit your user preferences, i.e. super + , and add this:
"drag_text": false
Otherwise, you can select just like before - ctrl + click (command + click), and to deselect an instance you use alt + click (command + shift + click).
To deselect any text region (this way also deselects any included cursor point(s)):
On Windows
Alt+Shift+Right_Mouse_Button (Drag-Select what you need to deselect)
OR: Alt+Middle_Mouse_Button (Drag-Select what you need to deselect)
On OSX
Command+Shift+Option+Left_Mouse_Button (Drag-Select what you need to deselect)
OR: Command+Shift+Middle_Mouse_Button (Drag-Select what you need to deselect)
This works on SublimeText 2/3.
In case you want to deselect a single cursor point (not a region), you can do the same and drag-select any region that includes that cursor point. [Example: My Wor[Cursor]d. To deselect the cursor you can drag-select on: r[Cursor]d (or any region including the cursor) and it will automatically deselect the cursor point.]
Source: Column Selection

Fold / Collapse the except code section in sublime text 2

Is there any plugin or shortcut to hide all except code section in sublime text 2?
I need to fold all except section at a time , Not fold one section at a time.
Thanks~
If you'll hover with the mouse over the line numbers you'll see arrows - clicking on any of them will fold/collapse the code
If you want to collapse/expand all - you can do so by going to edit->code folding and choose "fold all" or "unfold all":
In addition to the other answers it is also possible to fold based on level as well. So for example looking at the default key bindings for fold.
Searching for fold key bindings.
So for example a foldall, or folding level 1 would be to hold Ctrl followed by pressing the sequence k and then 1:
Or folding level 2 would be to hold Ctrl followed by pressing the sequence k and then 2:
Or unfolding all would be would be to hold Ctrl followed by pressing the sequence k and then 0 or in my defaults I also seem to have it bound to the letter j:
Warning.
Pressing Ctrl+k twice will remove a line or a count of lines.
But not really cause you can put them back one by one by Ctrl+u
One thing you can do is select the Except code bloc using a regular expression, for instance using except(.|\n)*?raise.* in your case. You can then select "Find all" in the search bar, then Edit->Code Folding -> Fold .
Windows shortcut : Ctrl-Shift-[
Mac shortcut: Cmd-Alt-[
All the Except bloc will then be collapsed.
I know this is an old question, but it still comes up high in search results and none of the answers quite do what the OP wanted.
select the code you don't want to be hidden
use "Selection" -> "Invert Selection" to select the code you do want to be hidden instead
use ctrl + shift + [ or Command + Option + ] to collapse the selection(s)
This will leave you with just the code you originally had selected visible.
Fold and UnFold function or class base only for MAC:
* Fold: command + K, command + 1
* UnFold: command + K, command + J

Sublime Text 2, faster alternative to find and replace regex?

$_POST['daily_limit'];
$whatever = $_POST['smoke'];
$_POST['soup'] + $_POST['cake'];
to
$this->input->post('daily_limit');
$whatever = $this->input->post('smoke');
$this->input->post('soup') + $this->input->post('cake');
In this example, is there any faster way to switch from $_POST[] to $this->input->post() without writing up a regular expression find and replace? I don't care if it takes multiple steps. Writing the regex for this (find: \$_POST\[(.*?)\] replace: \$this->input->post\($1\)) takes longer than changing them all manually (maybe I'm just not good at regex). Any ideas?
I'm making a brash assumption here, that you have only one variable within each pair of brackets and that the variables only contain alphanumeric characters. ['soup'+'bacon'] will break this trick, as will ['soup-with-bacon'].
With your cursor, highlight an instance of $_POST[ - nothing else.
Hit Alt+F3 if you're on Windows/Linux (Cmd+ShiftG in Mac?)
Try to scroll through and see if everything that's selected is everything you want to replace.
Type $this->input->post( - nothing else.
Press → to move all cursors to the right of the first quote.
Press Ctrl+→ (this is the only remotely wtfh4xxy part of the process, and only if you're not used to navigating by word with the cursor) to navigate over the variable.
Press → twice to move all cursors to the right of the next quote.
Replace the ]with a ).
#nnnn I did a variation of your version to remove the wtfh4xxy part.
select:$_POST
altf3
type: $this->input->post(
ctrlshiftm
ctrlx
ctrlshiftm
ctrlv
type: )
Sublime text ftw!