Sublime Text stays fast and focused with Python 3.14 upgrade

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What's New

Sublime Text now ships with Python 3.14 and Python 3.3. Python 3.3 is disabled by default and will be removed in a future version. If you're experiencing plugin compatibility issues you can re-enable 3.3 using the setting "disable_plugin_host_3.3": false.

New Features and Improvements

• Upgraded Python 3.8 to Python 3.14
• Python 3.3 is now disabled by default
• Various syntax highlighting improvements
• Newly rewritten C# syntax highlighting thanks to deathaxe
• Added file icon themes. See the documentation
• Added open_terminal command for opening external terminal emulators
• Scope selectors can now use > to explicitly match child scopes
• Improved performance when saving many files
• Improved performance of git status
• Improved tab dragging behavior while using enable_tab_scrolling
• Undo/redo history is no longer restored when the file has changed on disk
• Fine tuned fuzzy matching logic to improve sorting in some cases
• Added support for git reftables
• Improved join line behavior with right-brackets
• Improved ruler position when using a proportional font
• Added "io_workers" setting

API

• Improved type hints
• Added Sheet.name() and Sheet.set_name() for all sheet types
• Added sublime.lib_path() function
• sublime.load_resource will now throw FileTooLarge when the resource exceeds size limits
• sublime.load_resource can now be passed a max_size parameter
• Fixed find_syntax_for_file not handling paths on Windows
• Fixed some edge cases when using NewFileFlags.REPLACE_MRU
• Fixed View.syntax() returning None with specific syntaxes
• Fixed command names not being snake_cased correctly
• Fixed initialization when multi-inheriting classes

Windows

• The minimum required version is now Windows 10
• Fixed a problem where rendering stops running
• Fixed a code-signing issue that could result in spurious warnings
• Fixed multi-instance handling when running ST as administrator
• Limited the number of extensions shown in file dialogs
• Fixed installer not removing all files after certain updates

Mac

• The minimum required version is now macOS 10.13
• Added "click_through" setting
• Fixed windows not restoring to workspaces
• Fixed window styling for macOS 27
• Fixed issues restoring minimized windows
• Fixed incorrect window size when going from a maximized window to full screen
• Made open_dir command work with no open windows

Linux

• Fixed modal dialogs blocking all open windows
• Fixed drag-state becoming stuck after dragging text from chrome
• Fixed incorrectly setting selection clipboard when multiple sheets are selected
• Fixed modifier keys persisting after window close
• Fixed KDE "alternate characters" input method not working as expected
• Fixed tab dragging under Wayland causing an air-drop when not intended
• PATH is now respected when looking up pkexec and gksudo

Fixes

• Fixed find-in-files not properly searching for folders starting with a dot
• Fixed minimized windows popping up on quit
• Fixed a case where close_project command corrupted the workspace file
• Fixed close_project not closing windows when expected
• Fixed a case where loading a project cleared the folder list
• Fixed a false positive case in filesystem loop detection
• Fixed sidebar resizing not working when sidebar is on the right and using non-integer DPI scaling
• Fixed the side bar selection not begin updating in some cases
• Fixed an issue with sidebar focus when animations are disabled
• Fixed sheets not being focused when double-clicking in the sidebar with "preview_on_click" disabled
• Fixed selection not being maintained when joining lines
• Fixed caret disappearing when clicking off inline diffs
• Fixed select_lines not scrolling to reveal the selection
• Fixed Close Unmodified Tabs menu hiding when no tabs are modified
• Fixed Goto Definition sometimes being scrolled incorrectly
• Fixed matching / in wildcards
• Fixed file encoding not being restored for unsaved files
• Fixed non-integer "default_font_size" being rounded
• Fixed build system variable "path" not working
• Fixed a syntax engine crash