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When I hit ctrl+f, then paste the searched phrase by ctrl+v and hit enter I expect the editor to Find the phrase, not to create another line in search box. Which is very irittating, since I have to manually click on the Find button. It happens now in Sublime Text 3 or program's linux version might be the case. How can I restore the proper behaviour?

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  • Use tab instead of enter to finalize search.
    – Rápli András
    Commented Mar 9, 2014 at 22:03
  • tab creates indentation in search box
    – overdriven
    Commented Mar 9, 2014 at 22:05
  • actually I think it selects the phrase as you type - if pasting, consider adding and deleting an extra character; the first occurance should be selected by default and you can reach every other by ctrl+d as I know
    – Rápli András
    Commented Mar 9, 2014 at 22:07
  • For me, testing in sublime text 2, if I paste the phrase in it tells me how many times it occurs. If i hit ENTER it selects the first occurrence, if i hit ENTER again it selects the second occurrence. If the phrase contains a new line then it doesn't show it in the search box but it matches it if it can be matched. Suppose you type the phrase in (forget ctrl+v), is it not telling you how many times it occurs? And if you hit ENTER is it not matching the first occurrence?
    – barlop
    Commented Mar 9, 2014 at 23:49

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I'll bet you are using the enter key on the keypad (right side of the keyboard)

Add a key mapping like this to user key mappings: Preferences -> Key Binding - User

{ "keys": ["keypad_enter"], "command": "find_next", "context":
        [{"key": "panel", "operand": "find"}, {"key": "panel_has_focus"}]
}

Source: http://sublimetext.info/docs/en/reference/key_bindings.html

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  • Indeed, Enter btn under the Backspace works as expected. Your advise helped to fix this 'issue' with Sublim on the macOS.
    – Mykola
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 13:29
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In Sublime Text 4 it seems the behavior has changed again and makes Enter add a newline. I've found a way to fix it by adding this to the User Key Bindings:

{ "keys": ["enter"], "command": "find_all",
    "context": [{"key": "panel", "operand": "find_in_files"}, {"key": "panel_has_focus"}]
},
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  • Had this happen on 1/18/2022 and this was the quick and easy resolution wth Sublime build 4126.
    – Kevinleary.net
    Commented Jan 18, 2022 at 16:46
  • Thank you so much, this helped me too for sublime 4.
    – Vall3y
    Commented Mar 10, 2022 at 13:04
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I was able to reproduce this behavior in Sublime Text 3, but only when pressing Enter while still holding down Ctrl+V. Are you sure you're not pressing Enter too quickly?

If you are copy/pasting text within Sublime Text 3, you can also highlight the text and press Ctrl+F to immediately paste the selection into the search box, and use Enter to search.

For reference, I'm using build 3059 on Ubuntu 12.04 x64

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You need to activate the wrap feature. This way the first occurrence will automatically be selected and hitting Enter should work as expected.

wrap search sublime text

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