It’s pretty amazing that so many people don’t know what such a useful key shortcut does, right? If you belong to this 90% you’ll be happy to learn that...
If you press the CTRL and the F (Command + F in Mac) keys at the same time you can search for a word in any webpage you visit.
If you are like me, CTRL+F is something you just can’t live without. Then, you might be interested in the following information.
Beyond CTRL+F
Being such a useful
function we may ask ourselves, is there something out there which is better
than CTRL+F?
The answer is yes!
The answer is yes!
If you use Firefox you
can install and use SearchWP, a browser extension which is better than
regular CTRL+F because it lets you search for multiple words, not just one.
And even better than
that, if you use Chrome, Safari or Firefox you can install and use browseye,
a relatively new browser extension which is better than regular CTRL+F for the
following reasons:
- you can search for multiple words on a web page and use quotes to search for phrases
- it suggests you words from the web page as you type your search query. No suggestions means you already know there are no matches even before pressing ENTER
- paragraphs not containing matches can be lowlighted or hidden from your view to let you focus on the matches
- browseye highlights all the links that lead to pages containing matches for your search, so you know if it's worth exploring a link before clicking on it
Browseye's suggest box lists words from the web page as you type your search query |
Happy searching!
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