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Find terms "carry over" between apps


  • Subject: Find terms "carry over" between apps
  • From: Keith Wiley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 14:00:41 -0800

I realize this isn't directly an Xcode question so much as an OS X question, but I find it particularly relevant to my coding practices, so...

Many applications in OS X seem to share a global "find" term.  For example, if you do a "find" in Terminal for "foo", switch to TextEdit, do a find for "bar", switch back to Terminal and do another "find", it will be filled in with "bar", not "foo".  Likewise, if you switch back to Terminal and simply do a "find next" without even opening the find interface, it searches for "bar".

This also happens with Xcode.  In fact, as far as I can tell, it happens with any app written by Apple.

Someone somewhere thought this was a really clever.  I can't vouch for what other people find most productive, but this "feature" greatly impedes my workflow; I must constantly reenter my search terms instead of just Cmd-Keying "find next".

Please tell me there is a way to change this behavior.  I haven't found anything relevant yet.

Thank you.

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