You can change this default behavior by quitting TextMate and using the following command in Terminal:


defaults write com.macromates.textmate alwaysFindInDocument 1


When you restart TextMate it will always perform the find in the Document even if there is current a selection.
If you do want to limit the find operation to the selection, you will have to change the dropdown in the Find dialog.



On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Jenny Harrison <profharrison@gmail.com> wrote:
I have run into this problem repeatedly. Often just one word is selected because of a previous search, and a new Find does not go anywhere.

Jenny Harrison

> On Dec 8, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com> wrote:
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>> On 8 Dec 2017, at 17:52, Matt Neuburg <matt@tidbits.com> wrote:
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>> Sometimes the Find panel popup menu switches to In Selection rather than Document. When that happens, naturally it doesn’t go anywhere. Next time this arises, you might look to see if that’s the reason. m.
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> For example, it happens when something is selected in the document.
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> /Jacob Carlborg
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