DistractionFreeWindow: A Python repository from diegobit

Distraction Free Window for SublimeText

Sublime Text "Distraction free mode" but not full-screen! A windowed UI is more manageable and accessible yet it can be simple and sublime!

Distraction free mode lets you focus on one thing and that is the code/text that you are writing. However, you can not use it for a long time, mostly because it is like living in a cave! but once in a while you need to come out for hunting!

When writing code, you need to check the documentation. When writing a markdown document you need to look at it in the browser. When translating you need to look at the original source.

This plugin makes it easy to go back and forth from the left side of the image below to the right side, with just a single key (or key combination, depending on your key bindings). The command to toggle between these two states is also available in Command Pallette.

Installation

Package Control

Install the Package Control plugin
Within Sublime Text, bring up the Command Palette and choose Package Control: Install Package command
Select Disctraction Free Window.

Manual installation

Drop the entire folder in Sublime's Packages folder. You can do this using git clone:

$ cd .../Packages  # Whatever the location is
$ git clone git://github.com/aziz/DistractionFreeWindow.git

Or download the files using the GitHub .zip download option and unzip the files to your Sublime Text Packages directory. Make sure the folder name is DistractionFreeWindow.

Usage

By default this plugin hides tabs, status bar, side bar and minimap. You can override the default by changing the settings in your user specific settings. Go to Preferences > Package Settings > Distraction Free Window > Settings – User and change the settings by copying them from the default settings file (or below) and changing them. You can also hide line numbers, fold buttons, the whole gutter. You can center the text and configure the width.

Changing Layout

If you have MaxPane Plugin installed, this plugin will automatically use it and simplify the layout when you go to Distraction Free Window mode and restore the layout after comming out of it.

Settings

{
  "dfw_hide_tabs": true,
  "dfw_hide_status_bar": true,
  "dfw_hide_minimap": true,
  "dfw_hide_side_bar": true,

  "dfw_hide_line_numbers": false,
  "dfw_hide_fold_buttons": false,
  "dfw_hide_gutter": false,

  // Be sure to set dfw_wrap_width when dfw_draw_centered is true
  "dfw_draw_centered": false,
  "dfw_wrap_width": 90,

  // Changing layout depends on `MaxPane` package
  // Install it via package control:
  // https://sublime.wbond.net/packages/MaxPane
  "dfw_switch_to_single_layout": true
}

Key Bindings

The default keyboard bindings use the Super+F11 key for toggling into and out of distraction free window mode.

You can customize it by copying the below code into you User Key Bindings file (Preferences > Key Bindings - User) and changing the shortcut.

{ "keys": ["super+f11"], "command": "distraction_free_window" }

Inspiration

This post on SublimeText forum

diegobit/DistractionFreeWindow