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Find in page enhancement
Please add visual feedback when you repeat a find in page search with the F3 key, and the keyword can't be found.e.g. a 'keyword not found' overlay on the active web page or to be more consistent with the current 'find in page toolbar', the toolbar should appear on pressing F3 and the keyword should have pink/red background (like what happens when you press the dot and search for a keyword that doesn't appear in the current page).
- and prevent page scrolling by putting the search at the bottom
- and make it highlight multiple individual words
- and make it highlight multiple individual words
Originally posted by GoustiFruit:
- and prevent page scrolling by putting the search at the bottom
how does that prevent scrolling? What kind of scrolling would you like to prevent?
Originally posted by GoustiFruit:
- and make it highlight multiple individual words
As far as I can tell, it already does that...
Originally posted by dZeus:
how does that prevent scrolling? What kind of scrolling would you like to prevent?
The page moves down if the toolbar pops up at the top — See this thread.
I also find that it highlights multiple words. The current word in green and others in yellow.
I'm not too sure about showing the find toolbar if the word is not found. The fact that nothing happens when you press F3 already tells you that the word was not found. Having to dismiss the toolbar wouldn't really help your workflow. A beep might help, but it would annoy some users.
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21. October 2011, 09:49:07 (edited)
Currently, when the search bar is not shown, and you press F3, there is no reaction from Opera at all if the word is not found. So you press F3 again because you think it did not search. and again, no reaction. This leaves the user unsure if anything has happened at all.
Either the Find toolbar complete with a red field should pop up, or a small "text not found" should temporarily appear. Preferably in the same location as the find toolbar.
Either the Find toolbar complete with a red field should pop up, or a small "text not found" should temporarily appear. Preferably in the same location as the find toolbar.
Originally posted by ianp5a:
This is unusual and wastes time.
Admittedly it is unusual, but how much time does it take to press the F3 key again if you're not sure that you did the first time? In fact, it doesn't waste as much time as it would to close the find in page toolbar, or wait 3 seconds for the find inline popup to disappear. A beep would help by confirming that you did press F3 the first time, but we don't need a popup to tell us that the text was not found. We already know that. If we wanted to search for something else, then we would have pressed Ctrl F in the first place, not F3.
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>we don't need a popup to tell us that the text was not found. We already know that.
No true. It always leaves me thinking that it did not work. Even on the second or third press.
And it's also not consistent with the toolbar which specially goes red to make it clear.
Many commands in popular software pop up notices to show no result. M2 Email for example "No new messages received" pop up.
... and (small wish list item)
if you use the find as an icon (magnifying glass) clicking it brings up the 'find in...page' search bar.
however.... Clicking on it again, does nothing.
Would be far better if the button recognized the bar was open and associated this with the 'close' function.
if you use the find as an icon (magnifying glass) clicking it brings up the 'find in...page' search bar.
however.... Clicking on it again, does nothing.
Would be far better if the button recognized the bar was open and associated this with the 'close' function.