Arow -- Ctrl-F search *is* an incremental search, as it turns out - as you type your search string, it's matching and highlighting. You type Ctrl-G to go to the next search target. Personally, I'd prefer typing '/' to begin a search, and I'd just as soon not have the little search box, but it's the incremental part that's important.
--Jim On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 6:20 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > @ seochatter: Thanks for noting! > > @ Finnur: Your pointing out the conversation over on GCode was a great > help. Apparently, incremental search would be 'too confusing for > users' and would 'break some sites' according to Peter, the mastermind > behind the decision to not include incremental search as a function of > GChrome. > > Umm, does anyone else think this deserves reconsideration? > > On Sep 4, 5:27 pm, Finnur Thorarinsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > eleifsp: > > > > Searching without Ctrl+F? If you mean Type-ahead find, then see this bug: > http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=150 > > > > Also, the number of matches found should be right there in the find box > > itself (as in "7 of 9"). > > > > seochatter: > > > > Yes, we need to add support for searching textfields and I think it was > > implemented in Webkit recently, so we might see it sooner than later. > Here > > is to hoping. :) > > Anyway - that issue is being tracked in: > http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=269. > > > > -Finnur > > > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 15:13, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Also, the 'find' function in Chrome does not search text boxes. On a > > > website that I work on, page info and content is uploaded by the back- > > > end interface via text boxes. Needless to say, the text boxes are > > > relatively small and using the 'find' function in Firefox will search > > > the data within these text fields so I don't have to scroll and read > > > every line - Firefox jumps right to what I'm looking for *within* the > > > text boxes. > > > > > Chrome really needs to step up its search/find ability. I'm finding it > > > less and less workable; speediness does not trump usability, for me. > > > > > On Sep 4, 3:58 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > @Jim: Many appreciated thanks for the info. 'Incremental Search' is > > > > now ingrained in my memory! And thanks for feelin' me on the dislike > > > > of a dialog box; I began to feel as if I was the only one that felt > > > > that way. :) > > > > > > @eleifsp: I really like that the scroll bar shows you where you can > > > > find the text on the page, great feature! Now, only if we can get it > > > > to count the number of instances a match is found.... (i have been > > > > known to subtly hint at things, can you tell?) > > > > > > Many thanks to all! > > > > > > Arow Blackdragon > > > > > > On Sep 4, 3:23 pm, eleifsp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hopefully Google will implement searching without CTRL+F. I've > used > > > > > the find feature, and it's pretty cool. Not only does it search > and > > > > > highlight every instance of what you type as you type it, but it > also > > > > > puts highlights on the scroll bar to the right of the screen to > show > > > > > you where every instance of said text is. The find dialog is also > > > > > made part of the window you're viewing (like Firefox). > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
