Keymap to immediately global search current selection

[sadamczyk]

I have the following keymap:

[keys.normal]
C-f = ["search_selection_detect_word_boundaries", "global_search"]

This opens my current selection in the global search, so I don't need to hit * -> space -> / -> enter, because I do this searching a ton. I can just hit C-f -> enter.

But as you see, I still need to hit enter to confirm the pre-filled "/" register for the search.
Is there any way to not have to hit enter?
When I hit this keybind I immediately want the search to start.

Unfortunately none of these worked: ret, return, Return, enter, Enter:

C-f = ["search_selection_detect_word_boundaries", "global_search", "ret"]

[the-mikedavis]

You can use a macro keybinding for this so it's equivalent to hitting the keys *<space>/<ret>:

[keys.normal]
C-f =  "@*<space>/<ret>"

[sadamczyk]

Thanks, that works!
I did not realize macro keybinding could be used to interact with basically all Helix features like that.
In my mind a macro was limited to only movements/actions within the editor, not the pickers/commands.
That's very handy to know. :)