[robg adds: I'm not positive, but I think this only holds true for Cocoa applications ... I also thought we'd ran a hint on it before, but I can't find one now.]
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If you initiate a "Find" (cmd-F) in an application, you can continue searching ("Find Next" cmd-G) for the same word/expression in other running applications as well, without hitting cmd-F again to enter the words to search.
[robg adds: I'm not positive, but I think this only holds true for Cocoa applications ... I also thought we'd ran a hint on it before, but I can't find one now.]
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'Find Next' works across applications
It's not just Cocoa applications. As of 10.2, Carbon applications can support this as well. Not all do yet, but a few do.
Makes sense
Even if you close the find window, the last search you performed in any cocoa application appears as the default in the search box.
'Find Next' works across applications
It's because the Find NSPasteboard is the same across all (Cocoa) applications, just like the regular NSPasteboard (which we call the Clipboard).
'Find Next' works across applications
I actually DISLIKE this feature. It replaces whatever I was finding in TextEdit for whatever I was finding in Safari. Very annoying.
'Find Next' works across applications
I agree that this is an extremely annoying behavior and I'm looking for a convenient way around it. Sadly I am but a novice applescripter. If I get angry enough, however, I'll march right into Xcode and show my mac who's boss.
'Find Next' works across applications
Okay, I was on the brink of insanity with this issue until I stumbled upon the "Use Selection for Find" command (cmd-E) that appears in the Edit->Find menu of most apps. This is a pretty convenient work-around that can be called in the simple applescript I was writing. Hope this helps others that google this way. |
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