Feature: Select all instances for search (Like Sublime's Find All)

[selfish]

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Describe the feature

When searching (buffer), I'd like to be able to define a hotkey for selecting all instances of the search string.

In Sublime, you would Cmd+f, type something in, then Alt+Enter or (click the "Find All" button) to select all results.

A selection (with a marker at the end of it) would then be placed on every match in the document.

This aligns with the current supported:

Select next match: Enter
Select prev match: Shift+Enter

Suggested:
Select all matches: Alt+Enter

Thank you

If applicable, add mockups / screenshots to help present your vision of the feature

Keymap.json example:

[
  {
    "context": "BufferSearchBar",
    "bindings": {
      "alt+enter": "buffer:search:selectAllMatches"   // ← This is new
    }
  }
]

[JosephTLyons]

Hey @selfish, does this issue cover your request?

• New shortcut to select all matching text #5448

[SomeoneToIgnore]

This comes with the 0.96.0 version.

[joeldrapper]

Will this eventually be applied to the project-wide search? Should we open another issue for that?

[SomeoneToIgnore]

This action is valid in the context of a single buffer search only (since interacts with cmd+g and other related keybindings), and project search is a multibuffer that does not have such search, neither I am aware of any close future plans to add one.

#5448 could help, though: cmd+d to select next selection works in project-wide search and any other multibuffer, so whatever enhances it to select every match should work with it too.
Would that functionality help?

[joeldrapper]

@SomeoneToIgnore that would definitely help. Alternatively, some kind of find and global find and replace feature would be ideal, especially if the replacement could include regex captures.

[selfish]

Sorry for the slow response here; it's great to hear that!
Thank you!