sublime-text 3 TAB key Autocompletion Disable

Disable TAB Key Autocompletion in Sublime Text 3

Since TAB key autocompletion was difficult to use in Sublime Text 3, I set it to be disabled. Pressing the tab key doesn't create a tab... What is this...? After researching various things, I found out that you can operate tabs with shift+tab keys. But doing that every time is still tough, so I'll change the settings.

Shou Arisaka
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Sep 29, 2025

Since TAB key autocompletion was difficult to use in Sublime Text 3, I set it to be disabled.

I’m an Atom user, but the other day I discovered a serious flaw that TSV files couldn’t be created in Atom, and after trying various things without reaching a solution, I had no choice but to use Sublime Text, but this also has quite a quirk.

While Sublime Text and Atom have many similarities in package management, shortcut keys, etc., there are also differences.

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Pressing the tab key doesn’t create a tab… What is this…?

After researching various things, I found out that you can operate tabs with shift+tab keys.

But doing that every time is still tough, so I’ll change the settings.

The solution is:

Open settings with ctrl+shift+P > setting,

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{
"tab_completion": false,
"auto_complete_commit_on_tab": false
}

Copy and paste this into the user settings.

This should fix it.

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Shou Arisaka Sep 29, 2025

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