Slight editing: 

. . . adding an expert preference to allow users who crave consistency to 
change it themselves would be AN EXCELLENT IDEA.

Alfredo

> On Sep 3, 2017, at 8:46 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> It has always puzzled me that "Text" actions like "Apply Text Filter," "Sort 
> Lines...," "Process Lines Containing...," etc. default to the current 
> selection, if there is one, or the entire document otherwise, but 
> Find/Replace doesn't. While this might be too drastic a change to foist upon 
> those who seldom read release notes, adding an expert preference to allow 
> users who crave consistency to change it themselves would not be a bad idea 
> at all.
> 
> On Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 2:46:19 PM UTC-4, Bruce Van Allen wrote:
> I see your point. Maybe you could file a request to BBEdit 
> support for an "Expert Preference" setting, along the lines of: 
> [made-up] 
> "useMultiLineSelectionAsSearchArea boolean TRUE/FALSE" 
> [/made-up]. 
> 
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