I’m trying to search through a very large file, and each time I enter 1 character of the search string, Sublime seizes up while it finds all the millions of results in the file for that one character. How can I make it only initiate the search routine once I have finished entering my search string?

I find that turning off Word Wrap, Plain Text syntax and using a regex is much faster when searching big files.

Also try turning off the “highlight matches” option on the find panel…

I don’t know.

But a work around would be to ender a leading nonsense string right before the search string
and remove it once you have finished typing the search string:

1.)
xxxMySearchstringhere

2.)
MySearchstringhere

3.)
Found!

Or better:

• jump to end of file
• disable Wrap around search
• open Find and type your search term
• enable Wrap again
  Found!

.