Bug/Unexpected Behavior: find_under_expand

[nick1]

The CTRL+D find_under_expand command has inconsistent behavior with a selection:

1. Copy/paste the following text into Sublime:

word word.anotherwordbutnotthesameword word

2. Place the cursor anywhere on the first line and press CTRL+D three times to yield the following three selections:
   
   

3. Clear the selection and select “word” on the first line (via CTRL+, double click, or click and drag).

4. Attempt to repeat step 2. To select each instance of “word”, you end up pressing CTRL+D four times and select the non-word-boundary instances of “word” as well:
   
   

[jbjornson]

I was also looking for a solution to this problem and found a comment on another topic by adzenith that answers this problem.

Note that if you start with an empty selection, then cmd+d (find_under_expand) will search by whole words automatically. If you start with a non-empty selection, then it will search for any instance of the text.

I know this thread is old but I thought I’d leave the answer here for completeness.

[addons_zz]

I know this thread is old but I thought I’d leave the answer here for completeness.

Thanks! Now I am looking for how to select all words at one.

[addons_zz]

It is on the key binding Alt+F3, or go to the menu Find -> Quick Find All