Global find bar?

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Global find bar?

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When I Ctrl+F something in one tab, switch to another, and hit F3, I expect it to search for the same entry (the old findbar behavior). Is there an add-on that replicates this?
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Moving to Firefox Builds as version 91.0 is not a release version.
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DanRaisch wrote:Moving to Firefox Builds as version 91.0 is not a release version.
This doesn't belong in Firefox Builds as the described issue has been in Release for over a year.
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bjherbison wrote:
DanRaisch wrote:Moving to Firefox Builds as version 91.0 is not a release version.
This doesn't belong in Firefox Builds as the described issue has been in Release for over a year.
butr he's still using 91 which isnt released, so Dan is right to leave it here
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Caspid wrote:When I Ctrl+F something in one tab, switch to another, and hit F3, I expect it to search for the same entry (the old findbar behavior). Is there an add-on that replicates this?

No extension needed WFM
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I thought FF did away with that expected/useful feature - but maybe not.

Now, I'm thinking that how you implement your search will determine if it works or not?

Something like...

(open 3 pages in tabs)
Ctrl+F -> 'the'
(leave Findbar open)
jump to second tab, F3 [works]
jump to third tab, F3 [works]

Quit & restart...

(open 3 pages in tabs)
Ctrl+F -> 'the'
-> hit F3 & advance through a few 'the's.
(close the Findbar)
jump to second tab, F3 [fails]
jump to third tab, F3 [fails]


(Don't hold me to the above, cause implementation, instead of "just working as expected", is simply too confusing, illogical.)
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therube wrote:I thought FF did away with that expected/useful feature - but maybe not.

Now, I'm thinking that how you implement your search will determine if it works or not?

Something like...

(open 3 pages in tabs)
Ctrl+F -> 'the'
(leave Findbar open)
jump to second tab, F3 [works]
jump to third tab, F3 [works]

Quit & restart...

(open 3 pages in tabs)
Ctrl+F -> 'the'
-> hit F3 & advance through a few 'the's.
(close the Findbar)
jump to second tab, F3 [fails]
jump to third tab, F3 [fails]


(Don't hold me to the above, cause implementation, instead of "just working as expected", is simply too confusing, illogical.)

I just re-tested and yes, seems to be the key that you have to leave the 'find bar' open for the multi-tab search to work.
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