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In ArcGIS Pro 2.2 the locate tool has been enhanced to support searching all layers in your map.  You won't need to set them up individually.

This process, having to add every single layer I am searching, is really clunky compared to ArcMap's Find Tool>features tab>Find (a string)>In (visible layers)>check box Find features that are similar to or contain the search string>Search: all fields. I need to be able to find a particular string in every feature of every visible layer.

Work is ongoing, but trying it today, 650 results were returned from a Locator, and All features are returned when using feature search.... my test returned 9,513 features.

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I could do a definition query but that isn't really what I'm after and the find tool in ArcMap was very handy and easy to use.

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In ArcGIS Pro 2.2 the locate tool has been enhanced to support searching all layers in your map.  You won't need to set them up individually.

Using the Pro Locator will limit your search to 20 results. If you are missing the easy to use, feature rich functionality of the way the arc find tool worked, be sure to upvote https://community.esri.com/ideas/13672