![]() ![]() In the Options window, set the ‘Timeout’ to a number of seconds (after which the search box will be hidden) and press the Save button to save your changes. However, you can make it close automatically after a set number of seconds by doing the following: go to the chrome://extensions page and press ‘Options’ next to the Type-ahead-find extension. Once you stop typing, the Quick Find box will not automatically close by default (you can close it manually by pressing the ESC key).You can also open a blank Quick Find text search box by pressing the / key. ![]() look for just website links within the webpage. Special Quick Find For Website Links OnlyĪ useful shortcut is that pressing the apostrophe ‘ key opens a Quick Find search box for links only (purple box instead of yellow) i.e. The matching text is highlighted in the web page. Now, if you want to look for text in a web page, just start typing the text!Ī yellow Quick Find search box automatically opens up in the top right corner showing your query text and the number of matches found on the page so far. Install Type-ahead-find from the Chrome web store here. Type-Ahead-Find Extension – As the name suggests, Type-ahead-find adds an accessibility feature to look for text when I start typing in Chrome – a core functionality in Firefox (and Safari). Now that I use Google Chrome more often in my day job I really miss this quick search feature – Chrome does not have an equivalent and Google have stated that they won’t include it.įortunately a Chrome extension called Type-Ahead-Find comes to the rescue. Using the tip I can look for text in a web page instantly when I start typing in Firefox instead of having to open the Quick Find search box first.įirefox make this possible via an Accessibility setting in its Options. Last year I reviewed a time saving tip for Firefox ( here) which lets you search for text in webpages more quickly. ![]()
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