Preventing Sublime to Search Automatically - sublimetext2

I am working on a XML document that contains huge amounts of data. Whenever I want to make a search regarding to a specific keyword (let's assume a 4-letter-word) by typing just the first letter, the sublimetext 2 automatically stars searching thus freezes for a fair amount of time which is quite disturbing.
Is there any way for me to prevent sublimetext doing so? For example, it may wait for me till I press the "enter", or it may start searching after 3 letters are typed.

The Sublime Text find panel has a little toggle button called "Highlight matches". When this is enabled, Sublime searches instantly as you type. When it is disabled, Sublime won't search until you press Enter or click one of the Find buttons.
Here is a screenshot of ST3 showing the button:
Build 3105, Default theme:
Build 3156, Adaptive theme with orange accent:

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It's not exactly what you want but you could try Sublime FavoriteFiles:
https://github.com/facelessuser/FavoriteFiles
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Sublime Text 2 + Emmet - not expanding correctly

I have installed emmet for Sublime Text 2...
And it works - kind a strange way
When I enter d it starts showing possibilities, but as soon as I press: : emmet shows completely different tip:
b (bottom)
So I need to press esc to close fuzzysearch box and press tab to allow Emmet do what it is used to do.
Dow, if I don't press esc before the tab key the resould is: d:bottom:, is I press esc, it desoults in correct: display:block.
Do you have an idea how can i fix that?
This happens because Emmet tries to respect default ST completions and due to lack of API support to properly handle built-in snippets: https://github.com/sergeche/emmet-sublime#tab-key-handler
By default, Emmet will not expand abbreviations by Tab if there’s autocomplete popup visible to allow users to work with default ST completions and snippets. You can override this behavior:
Go to Preferences > Settings — User
Add "disable_tab_abbreviations_on_auto_complete": false option. Make sure this file contains valid JSON.
After that everything should work fine, but you’ll no longer able to complete items from autocomplete popup with Tab key, use Enter key instead.
I had a similar issue but my fix was different to that of the accepted answer.
I had to go to Preferences > Settings — User and remove "emmet" from the ignored packages and everything started working again!

Sublime Text 2 'Find in Files' open drawer at bottom rather than displaying results in a tab

Need help on this one! When I used to use the 'Find in Files' feature it would display the result in a tab so I could go back to reference it later.
For some reason, one day it switched so that the results open up in a drawer at the bottom of the sublime window.
This is not ideal because it takes up window real estate.
it's aggravating to have to go and toggle the results panel every time I need to reference the results. Would be much easier if it was in a tab.
I've tried looking in all my preferences and nothing seems different so I'm lost on this one.
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Sublime Text 2 multiple selections editing in vintage mode

Is there there a way to edit files across multiple selections in vintage mode?
I hit cmd + D (this is under a Mac) to select instances of string in the file, but I can't figure out how edit the selections.
This is under Sublime Text 2.
I haven't tested this on a Mac, but on Linux using CTRL-D puts you in visual mode. When you're in visual mode c allows you to change the highlighted text, putting you into insert mode much like vim would.
I struggled to figure this out myself. I came to find that simply selecting a word with Ctrl+D and then pressing c isn't a complete solution. It will only select the first occurrence of a word. In order to select and change them all I have found that I need to execute the following sequence:
Place the cursor at the beginning of the desired word
Ctrl+D to highlight the word
Ctrl+F to open the Find box pre-populated with the desired word
Alt+Enter to select all of the matching words
c to make the changes
Esc to return to COMMAND MODE
There are several posts all over the Internet (including the documentation on the Sublime Text website) which states that pressing Alt+F3 will select all of the matching words. This does not work for me on openSUSE/KDE. Pressing Alt+F3 will instead open the window menu for minimizing, maximizing, etc. In fact, if you hover over the Find All button after opening the Find box it will display Alt-text indicating Alt+Enter.
Usually I just press shift+up/down/right/left, then you will find that you can select whatever you want. It works on Mac sublime 3.