Firefox extension for page searching

August 11, 2005 2:54 PM

Is there a Firefox extension available that will allow me to highlight a word/phrase in a page, then right click to open the "Find" bar with the highlighted text automatically in it?
posted by apple scruff to computers & internet (13 comments total)

The A9 toolbar lets you select a phrase, right-click, and choose "Search for X -> search this page." It uses its own toolbar instead of the built-in find bar, but the result is basically the same.
posted by mbrubeck at 3:04 PM on August 11, 2005

I don't have a direct answer for you (this is a tough one to google) but you can drag search terms to the Find bar
posted by misterbrandt at 3:34 PM on August 11, 2005

the google toolbar (I currently have the Google one, not the original clone) allows you to right click -> googlebar items -> search for selected text. But if you want to use your own default search engine as pre-configured in the Find bar, i dunno.
posted by misterbrandt at 3:49 PM on August 11, 2005

Uh.. Firefox already does this, no? I can highlight text, and the right-click context menu includes "Search web for " , which opens in a new tab via my default search engine. The new tab bit might be from my settings, dunno.
posted by Jack Karaoke at 4:12 PM on August 11, 2005

Ack, sorry, misread the Q.

I just copy/paste into the find bar.
posted by Jack Karaoke at 4:14 PM on August 11, 2005

If your cursor is clicked in a blank area, just start typing and the "Find" bar comes up at the bottom with the word/phrase in it, as well as highlighted on the page.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:48 PM on August 11, 2005

yeah, surely Find As You Type is even easier then what you're trying to do?

I'm not sure it's turned on by default: Go to Tools > Options > Advanced > "Begin finding when you begin typing"
posted by blag at 5:19 PM on August 11, 2005

Find As You Type is a very nifty tool I didn't know about, but I am hoping to find a tool that won't require typing, just right-clicking.
posted by apple scruff at 6:26 PM on August 11, 2005

doesn't do exactly what you want, but a combination of search engine manager and context search should sort you out.
you'll be able to customise the search bar engines used & then do a search on a high-lighted (lit?) word with the right click menu.

saves typing it out.
posted by hayeled at 10:57 PM on August 11, 2005

I don't know about the find bar, but I use ConQuery.
posted by raaka at 11:13 PM on August 11, 2005

oop. sorry. misinterpretation of question there.
i've not followed up on it, but you might want to have a look at this instead.
posted by hayeled at 11:27 PM on August 11, 2005

Find As You Type is quicker than you think, because you usually just need the first few letters. If I want to find apple scruff on this page, app does it (my name contains the only other ap on the page)--that's faster than right click and highlight.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 1:15 AM on August 12, 2005

I'm with weapons-grade here. Find-as-you-type, once enabled, is great. And once you've found the term you need, you can simply press F3 to find further instances of that term. Unless I'm also misunderstanding you, this should do just what you need. If not, good luck.
posted by Sinner at 6:28 PM on August 12, 2005