Arow -- That feature is call incremental search, and if Chrome doesn't have it, it needs it. I hate having to search via a dialog box.
--Jim On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:56 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > @ Mallocar: Thanks for the tip, but I'm not a fan of CTRL. I do use > it, but only when I absolutely *have* to; my preference for ALT is the > fact that my thumb easily accesses that key, whereas the CTRL key is > not as optimally placed for my pinky. :( And yes, any keystrokes that > irritate my joints beyond the damage they have now can be a deal > breaker - for any program, not just Chrome. > > @Spicy: Firefox has this GREAT functionality of 'search when I type' > that makes it pretty quick to scan and find a word/phrase in a > document. Literally, you type - it searches. As you type in your > 'searched for' term or phrase, Firefox automatically scans the current > page and highlights the matches as you type. If I type 't', all of the > t's would highlight - Next, I type 'h' and all of the matches to 'th' > get highlighted no matter where they are: at the beginning of word, > end of word, middle of word. I finish by typing 'e' (searched term is > 'the') and all of the 'the's in the current page are highlighted. No > extra keystrokes - I just type and Firefox finds. > > So, that's where I'm at. I know it sounds a bit picky, but if Chrome > wants me bad enough as a regular user, G will comply. I do love a > capitalist environment. :) > > Arow > > On Sep 4, 1:17 pm, Spicy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, he's right. You can do CTRL + F... I've been wondering what you > > meant by search for text when I start typing feature, but if its just > > CTRL + F, then most browser has that feature... > > > > On Sep 4, 2:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Pressing CTRL+F brings up a text search box for me and it highlights > > > the matches. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
