Distraction Free Mode

WARNING! This documentation is for an old, unsupported version of Sublime Text. Please check out the current docs.

Overview

Distraction Free Mode shows your files full screen, with nothing but text shown in the center of your monitor. All UI chrome is hidden, but accessible. Distraction Free Mode can be entered into via the View/Enter Distraction Free Mode menu item.

When in Distraction Free Mode, all UI chrome (side bar, minimap, status bar, etc) will be hidden. You can selectively enable parts of the UI via the View menu - your settings will be remembered next time you enter Distraction Free Mode.

Customization

Certain settings will be applied when in Distraction Free Mode. The default settings (located in Packages/Default/Distraction Free.sublime-settings) are:

{
	"line_numbers": false,
	"gutter": false,
	"draw_centered": true,
	"wrap_width": 80,
	"word_wrap": true,
	"scroll_past_end": true
}

You can customize these via editing Packages/User/Distraction Free.sublime-settings, which is accessible via the Preferences/File Settings - More menu.

It's worth noting the wrap_width setting, above. The value of 80 causes wrapping to happen at 80 characters. You may want to set this to a higher value, or wrap to the window width, by setting it to 0.