I do this more times a day than I can count. 

Select text to replace, Cmd-E to use selection for find. Edit the text and 
re-select it. Cmd-Opt-E to use selection for replace. And then Cmd-G for find 
next to see if there's another instance in the document. I'll do this pretty 
much any time I'm cleaning up or refactoring code just to double-check whether 
the change I'm making now needs to be repeated elsewhere in the current file. I 
then use Cmd-Opt-F for replace and find next. If there are a lot I use 
Cmd-Opt-= to simply do the replace all. And sometimes Cmd-Shift-F to switch 
over to multi-file mode to search the entire code base for the same change. 
There might be a custom menu shortcut in there (or at least a throwback to an 
older menu shortcut) and it's all so much muscle memory now.

 [fletcher]

> On Dec 5, 2015, at 8:41 PM, Oliver Boermans <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6 December 2015 at 08:59, Greg Raven <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> I gave it the keyboard shortcut of Cmd-E!
> 
> When there is an instance of the desired replacement within easy reach the 
> Use Selection for Replace shortcut is nice to have too:
> 
> 1. Select text to replace.
> 2. Invoke: Search: Use selection for find (⌘E)
> 3. Select the text to replace it 
> 4. Invoke: Search: Use Selection for Replace (⌘⌥E)
> 5. Invoke: Search: Find… (⌘F)
> 6. Invoke: Replace All (⌥⌘=)
> 
> 
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