If I select text using a pattern in TextEdit how do I transform that selected text? I can't get anything in the Transform menu to work when text is selected like this.
I am using a pattern to find and highlight text.
Make lower case for pattern in TextEdit
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The format menu has a toggle to switch things for you.
Pressing shift + command + T will toggle the document to plain text mode.
You can also set the default format in the preference pane for the app.
I think this answer here is what you're looking for:
How does Mountain Lion set the default text editor for the "open -t" terminal command?
To change default text editor to e.g. textmate, execute this command in terminal then restart:
defaults write com.apple.LaunchServices LSHandlers -array-add
'{LSHandlerContentType=public.plain-text;LSHandlerRoleAll=com.macromates.textmate;}'
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Best Answer
You can't, as the 'selected text' is your search parameter, not your document contents.
You'd need to use Replace & set your desired capitalisation change in there - for which you could copy paste into replace & use the very function you're trying to use in the main text.