Thanks, I'm aware of the shortcut key; as others noted, that's not what I 
was asking about.

I'm looking for the ability for BBEdit to assume that if I have text 
highlighted*, that's what I want to search. I didn't say anything about 
default behavior (although, the text editors I have at hand, both on Mac 
and Windows, all do this as a default); an option to enable that behavior 
would be fine.

*As Neil noted, when more than one line is selected. If less than one line 
is selected, then what is selected should default to what is being 
searched. That's the behavior most people use for most searches — when 
bucky (and others, including me) are searching for a phrase, it's 
*generally* less than a line. When multiple lines are selected, we're 
*generally* wanting to search within that selection.

So, I would like a way (an option, whatever) for the editor to do the 
*general* case automatically, without me having to remember to 
check/uncheck a box. The exceptions are what the box, and shortcut key, are 
for. But they're the exceptions, not the rule.

The lack of this ability is the biggest hindrance I have in using BBEdit. I 
search in selected text a lot, and, since the other editors I use[d] all do 
this, I'm not used to having to remember to select and unselect that 
checkbox.

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