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- RadiatedAnt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+65theirs an option to start searching as soon as you start typing in the advanced menu (last tab in options) which makes this slash protocol useless.
- bohrhead, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35If you go to Options > Advanced > General and switch on 'Search for text when I start typing', you don't even have to "press slash (or the apostrophe key)".
- ajxx, on 10/12/2007, -15/+44...just like opera, vim, less, man...
- bulkka, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32oh god.. isn't it an old-known feature?
- sirdaz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26I can't see myself leaving ctrl+f for this.
- avalenci, on 10/12/2007, -14/+34Opera has this as well, and VIM ... well , for years .
- allanak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18WTLW...I thought everybody knew about this?
- corevette, on 10/12/2007, -18/+33personally, i don't find this /that/ much different that doing a Ctrl-F....but...pretty neat anyways
- pinab, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15There is also an option to find as soon as you start typing....
- TimRogers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I wonder if you can shut the ***** up.
- zouden, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13No, he's right, this feature was in Firefox 0.6 (back when it was Phoenix). And you guys call yourselves geeks??
- johnthedebs, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11If you use apostrophe instead of Ctrl-F or a slash it will quick find for links only, as opposed to any text in the page that matches. Another useful tip: You can use Ctrl-G to cycle through all the matches in the page.
- simplenation, on 10/12/2007, -6/+14this is how i search my comments on digg
- GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10@Zera
On the FireFox search, you have:
[X] [Find: *Search bar*] [v Find Next] [^ Find Previous] [Highlight All] [Match Case]
You can highlight all terms.
I've never like this shortcut. If I'm typing, I'll often accidentally hit "/" and it'll start searching for whatever I'm typing, with that BLIP-BLIP-BLIP noise. I like CTRL + F a lot more, you cannot accidentally hit it but it still takes no effort. - kodek, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14How can people digg these people down when what they're saying is true? They're not opinions. They're facts.
I also noticed the similarity to vi and the other unix tools. - gklitt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The biggest difference from Ctrl+F seems to be that you can just click enter when you find text in a link, and it automatically goes to the linked page, which is pretty convenient.
- TimOgg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Been using this from the beginning. Actually you don't need to press anything to get it started just start typing.
to activate go to Tools/Options - Advanced/General then make sure "Search for text when i start typing" is selected.
now when you start typing it will immediately start to work. Use F3 to find the next item.
Actually the version in Firefox 1.5 was better because it brought the Find dialog at the button straight away without first having to see the quick find bar. (Was quicker to select "highlight all" without having to press Ctrl F) - jaxxon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Like Find, ESC cancels the Quick Find sooner than the timed delay.
- smacksy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6try Portable Firefox: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
You load it onto a USB drive and you can use it straight off the stick without even having to install the program.
I believe the only thing similar in IESux is the ctrl-f function, which, well, sux. - PhilH, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I find that "find as you type" is the best option for me. It's no-key searching, although it does break hotkeys on some pages like netvibes.
- sicapitan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Hey... wait a minute! When you press the red button mark with an X on the top of a window, the window closes!
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5this is news?
- Retuow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5or you just start typing and the quick find box appears with the text you're searching for.. It's called find as you type..
- cdmarcus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4There's an extension called FAYT (find as you type) that restores that functionality. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3650/
- kalleanka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I hate that there is no short cut for "search next".
Say I type something and I now want to do a "search next", I have to press CTRL+F to get the search buttons, then I need to move the mouse to click the "search next" button.
There really should be a key-board shortcut to do a "search next". - scbysnx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5in 1.5 quicksearch *is* find and in my opinion thats a lot better set-up
- Ranadok, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You can make a quick edit to the userchrome.css to restore the old style quick find:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=469074 - forensicmeteobo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4==kalleanka==
I hate that there is no short cut for "search next".
Say I type something and I now want to do a "search next", I have to press CTRL+F to get the search buttons, then I need to move the mouse to click the "search next" button.
There really should be a key-board shortcut to do a "search next".
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F3. - riyehn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I've been using Quick find, with find-as-you-type, pretty much since I started using Firefox. It's probably one of the most indispensable features for me. Now I always get confused in other browsers when I start typing and nothing shows up.
- danielg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In the Opera browser you would simply use the "." (the period) key for quick find.
- syco123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Unfortunately Digg is overrun by 15 year olds.
- jimmyjim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5lol and this `feature` was in my top 10 firefox hates..... why have 2 different search functions (one with quick find options and one without)??.... keyboard search has only regressed in my eyes since 1.5 :(
e.g. bring back the search options on / please - auhsor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It used to be a lot more similar to Ctrl-F. I think they changed it in 2.0, but pressing / used to bring up the extra buttons (next etc). I remember reading the bugzilla entry where they changed it. I kinda wish they didn't as now I have to press Ctrl-F when I'm searching for something instead of / which limits my options.
- Hassassin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This made front page? Are you kidding? Are you Snerious? What is this velvet?
- antymatter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3you know if you just type (outside of a search box) it will open "quick find"
at least on mac - idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's not really for people to migrate from Ctrl+F, it's for people who are used to *nix command-line editors that just have a habit of hitting / whenever they want to look for something.
BTW, this works in Konqueror too. - cardyology, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Is a similar thing possible in IE6? I cant use firefox at work!
- chapium, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've been using Firefox since the early Phoenix betas and didnt know about this.
- doshindude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2FF1.5 had it, no idea why they took it out of 2.0
I was thinking the same thing. - syco123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Portable apps is a good tip. You can use any card and reader. Handy if you have reader slots on your machine, but no thumb drive. I keep gimp portable on my camera's compact flash card too.
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, as the title claims, it's a "tip".
http://www.digg.com/about - "News" isn't mentioned on the site's description, Digg isn't a news site..
Anyway, I prefer using the setting under Options > Advanced > General, "Search for text when I start typing", it's basically the same, but marginally more convenient since it doesn't require the /
- Ben - cardyology, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I asked a valid question so I dunno why some ***** are digging me down but hey, thats Digg I guess.
For you guys who suggested portable firefox, thanks! - rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have the option turned on so I don't even need to hit "/" and I love it. I've always hated using the mouse, so I routinely navigate the web by simply typing in a few letters and hitting enter. It's also great when you're on a site like CNN or something. When I want to quickly find a story among the 100+ links there, like the Boston bomb scare thing, I'd type "bost[Enter]" and the page about that story loads up.
- nicroma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I was surprised to see this as well.
- dacheetah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Called "Search for text when I start typing".
It's exactly the same as hitting ' or / before typing something. - edsonmedina, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2==kalleanka==
Crtl + G - spankaccount, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here's another great firefox tip: Surf pr0n (TGP sites) like a pro with gestures...
Video: http://one.revver.com/watch/135913 - osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yea, use this all the time ... also if you search for a link (which I thought it only used to search for previously) you can hit enter and it follows it.
- akinder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Getting dugg down for bringing attention to a Moz bug that STILL hasn't been fixed? Hooray for Digg.
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