[source99]

Why is 'find' so horribly difficult to use in sublime? I want to find another instance of the current word and then quickly modify it.

I wish getting out of the find text box was simpler and more intuitive.

Maybe it's just me.

[Walkman]

I don't know how it could be easier: You position inside a word anywhere, press CMD+OPTION+G; the next word is already selected, you can already edit it, no need to bring up Find panel.

[source99]

This does seem to work but its pretty painful key combination on my mac keyboard.

[0942v8653]

Or double-tap Command+D.

[source99]

This doesn't seem to work well as it highlights multiple instances of the word I was on. The current instance and the next instance(but not all instances).

[camupod]

cmd + e will mark the current selection (or current word if there's no selection), cmd + g (or cmd + shift + g to go backwards) will find other instances of it. ctrl + cmd + g will find all instances of the current word, which you can edit simultaneously.

[blacksmith_tb]

For that use-case, isn't control-d / cmd-d pretty quick?

[john2x]

Not just you. Sublime's find is anything but.