How do I see what the current "scope" is in SublimeText?

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I'm trying to define some snippets for editing Markdown, but I can't get them to trigger. I have tried using source.markdown, text.markdown and markdown as the scope, but none of them work. If I remove the scope constraint, the snippet works.

How do I figure out what scope to use?

awatts · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-07T11:49:36.840

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To determine the current scope under your cursor, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P on Windows and Linux does the trick, Ctrl+Shift+P on a Mac.

Alternatively, run the following in the Sublime console:

view.scope_name(view.sel()[0].begin())

To bring up the console on Windows, press Ctrl+'

edited Oct 07 '19 at 11:49

answered Oct 07 '16 at 14:03

awatts

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '14 at 08:18

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The scope for Markdown is text.html.markdown. I think there are several packages that help you identify the current scope, ScopeAlways is one of them.

answered Dec 05 '14 at 08:18

idleberg

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How do I see what the current "scope" is in SublimeText?

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