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Steve Swift

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Dec 1, 2007, 5:33:52 AM12/1/07
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Is there a standard shortcut to take me to the "Find in page" entry box
(or a way to add one)?

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Roland Reck

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Dec 1, 2007, 7:04:39 AM12/1/07
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Am 01.12.2007 um 11:33 Uhr schrieb Steve Swift:

> Is there a standard shortcut to take me to the "Find in page" entry box
> (or a way to add one)?

F3 like in all Windows software...

as an alternative you could click somewhere in the page and type a dot .
and then the search term i.e.:

.test

and it will highlight all strings containing the word "test".

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Norm DePlume

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Dec 1, 2007, 9:13:14 AM12/1/07
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:33:52 +0000, Steve Swift
<Steve....@gmail.com> wrote:

>Is there a standard shortcut to take me to the "Find in page" entry box
>(or a way to add one)?

Hello,
Yes, a "CTRL"+"F".

Steve Swift

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Dec 1, 2007, 11:41:46 AM12/1/07
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Roland Reck wrote:
> F3 like in all Windows software...
>
> as an alternative you could click somewhere in the page and type a dot .
> and then the search term

F3 just said that it couldn't find "milk" (my most recent search on a
different page.
Typing ".test" did indeed highlight all the "test" strings on the page,
in a way similar to typing "test" in the "Find in page" but I couldn't
find a way of advancing the one that was highlighted in green.

Thanks anyway!

Steve Swift

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Dec 1, 2007, 12:11:04 PM12/1/07
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Norm DePlume wrote:
>> Is there a standard shortcut to take me to the "Find in page" entry box
>> (or a way to add one)?
> Hello,
> Yes, a "CTRL"+"F".

Ctrl+F opens a new "Find" dialog. I'm looking for a way to move the
focus to the "Find in page" "button" that I have in my toolbar.

Richard Grevers

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Dec 1, 2007, 1:30:28 PM12/1/07
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On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:11:04 +1300, Steve Swift <Steve....@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Norm DePlume wrote:
>>> Is there a standard shortcut to take me to the "Find in page" entry
>>> box (or a way to add one)?
>> Hello,
>> Yes, a "CTRL"+"F".
>
> Ctrl+F opens a new "Find" dialog. I'm looking for a way to move the
> focus to the "Find in page" "button" that I have in my toolbar.
>

There used to be a preference which bound Ctrl+F to focusing the Fnd in
Page box. I'm just trying to figure why it doesn't work any more (even via
opera:config) - I hadn't noticed since I use .searching all the time.


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Bill Hallman

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Dec 1, 2007, 4:12:53 PM12/1/07
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:11:04 -0600, Steve Swift <Steve....@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Norm DePlume wrote:
>>> Is there a standard shortcut to take me to the "Find in page" entry
>>> box (or a way to add one)?
>> Hello,
>> Yes, a "CTRL"+"F".
>
> Ctrl+F opens a new "Find" dialog. I'm looking for a way to move the
> focus to the "Find in page" "button" that I have in my toolbar.
>

Here are the search functions in the standard_keyboard.ini file:

f ctrl = Find
/ = Find Inline, 1
. = Find Inline, 1
/ shift = Find Inline, 2
comma = Find Inline, 2
g ctrl = Find next

You can modify them as you wish.
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Richard Grevers

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Dec 1, 2007, 6:34:10 PM12/1/07
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On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:11:04 +1300, Steve Swift <Steve....@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Norm DePlume wrote:


>>> Is there a standard shortcut to take me to the "Find in page" entry
>>> box (or a way to add one)?
>> Hello,
>> Yes, a "CTRL"+"F".
>
> Ctrl+F opens a new "Find" dialog. I'm looking for a way to move the
> focus to the "Find in page" "button" that I have in my toolbar.
>

opera:config/#UserPrefs|UseIntegratedSearch
When checked, ctrl + f focuses the Find in Page searchbox, wherever it is
(mine is on my personal bar) - Didn't work for me the first time I tried
it - not sure why.

note that in menu6.ini there is a commented-out line as the last item in
the Browser Edit Menu, with the actions Enable inline find | Disable
inline find - you can reactivate this if you want a means to toggle the
two behaviours.

Ken Knox

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Dec 2, 2007, 6:26:08 AM12/2/07
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:41:46 -0500, Steve Swift <Steve....@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Roland Reck wrote:
>> F3 like in all Windows software...
>> as an alternative you could click somewhere in the page and type a dot
>> . and then the search term
>
> F3 just said that it couldn't find "milk" (my most recent search on a
> different page.
> Typing ".test" did indeed highlight all the "test" strings on the page,
> in a way similar to typing "test" in the "Find in page" but I couldn't
> find a way of advancing the one that was highlighted in green.
>

When you have found the first iteration of your search term, press F3 to
advance to the sucessive iterations of that term.


> Thanks anyway!
>

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Steve Swift

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Dec 9, 2007, 1:34:02 PM12/9/07
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> opera:config/#UserPrefs|UseIntegratedSearch
> When checked, ctrl + f focuses the Find in Page searchbox,

This will have to wait until I can afford a larger screen. I selected
UseIntegratedSearch and clicked on "Save". A tiny popup window of some
sort with a red border appeared briefly (about 0.25 seconds) and then a
Javascript window considerably taller than my maximum resolution
(1280x1024) can display. There are no controls in the visible area, and
all I can do is close it. It contains a list of settings that stops far
sort of UseIntegratedSearch. The UseIntegratedSearch reverts to its
unchecked state.

If I can figure out how to change this setting by editing a file, I'll
have another go.

Remco Lanting

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Dec 10, 2007, 1:52:58 PM12/10/07
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On Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:34:02 +0100, Steve Swift <Steve....@gmail.com>
wrote:

>> opera:config/#UserPrefs|UseIntegratedSearch
>> When checked, ctrl + f focuses the Find in Page searchbox,
>
> This will have to wait until I can afford a larger screen. I selected
> UseIntegratedSearch and clicked on "Save". A tiny popup window of some
> sort with a red border appeared briefly (about 0.25 seconds) and then a
> Javascript window considerably taller than my maximum resolution
> (1280x1024) can display. There are no controls in the visible area, and
> all I can do is close it. It contains a list of settings that stops far
> sort of UseIntegratedSearch. The UseIntegratedSearch reverts to its
> unchecked state.
>
> If I can figure out how to change this setting by editing a file, I'll
> have another go.

opera:config#UserPrefs|UseIntegratedSearch

Use this link to go there. The / is messing things up. Filed as #302400

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Steve Swift

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Dec 13, 2007, 4:59:29 AM12/13/07
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> opera:config#UserPrefs|UseIntegratedSearch
>
> Use this link to go there. The / is messing things up. Filed as #302400

Sorted. Perfect! Thank you!

It even has the effect I wanted; an added bonus. :-) I'll have to find
another excuse for that larger screen I wanted now.
See http://swiftys.org.uk/stevewants.html

Dan Fingerman

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Jul 20, 2008, 4:53:28 PM7/20/08
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On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:12:53 -0800, Bill Hallman <spamm...@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

> f ctrl = Find
> / = Find Inline, 1
> . = Find Inline, 1
> / shift = Find Inline, 2
> comma = Find Inline, 2
> g ctrl = Find next

What do the 1 and 2 mean in these commands?

I have these keyboard shortcuts set as you describe. For me, however, /
triggers Find Inline as I expect, but / shift seems to do nothing.

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Tim Altman

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Jul 22, 2008, 5:48:11 PM7/22/08
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:53:28 -0700, "Dan Fingerman"
<use...@danfingerman.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:12:53 -0800, Bill Hallman <spamm...@127.0.0.1>
>wrote:
>
>> f ctrl = Find
>> / = Find Inline, 1
>> . = Find Inline, 1
>> / shift = Find Inline, 2
>> comma = Find Inline, 2
>> g ctrl = Find next
>
>What do the 1 and 2 mean in these commands?

1 = all text
2 = only links

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Swifty

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Jan 28, 2009, 6:49:12 AM1/28/09
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Richard Grevers wrote:
> opera:config/#UserPrefs|UseIntegratedSearch
> When checked, ctrl + f focuses the Find in Page searchbox, wherever it
> is (mine is on my personal bar) - Didn't work for me the first time I
> tried it - not sure why.

FYI: This cannot be set in my 10 beta; I get a slew of error messages,
and the change gets ignored.

Rijk van Geijtenbeek

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Feb 1, 2009, 2:16:13 PM2/1/09
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:49:12 +0100, Swifty <Steve....@gmail.com> wrote:

> Richard Grevers wrote:
>> opera:config/#UserPrefs|UseIntegratedSearch
>> When checked, ctrl + f focuses the Find in Page searchbox, wherever it
>> is (mine is on my personal bar) - Didn't work for me the first time I
>> tried it - not sure why.
>
> FYI: This cannot be set in my 10 beta; I get a slew of error messages,
> and the change gets ignored.

Oh, that's weird. Something goes very wrong there on opera:config in Opera 10!

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