Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
Note: Support for Window.find()
might change in future
versions of Gecko. See bug 672395.
The Window.find()
method finds a string in a window.
Syntax
window.find(aString, aCaseSensitive, aBackwards, aWrapAround,
aWholeWord, aSearchInFrames, aShowDialog);
aString
- The text string for which to search.
aCaseSensitive
Boolean
. Iftrue
, specifies a case-sensitive search.aBackwards
Boolean
. Iftrue
, specifies a backward search.aWrapAround
Boolean
. Iftrue
, specifies a wrap around search.aWholeWord
UnimplementedBoolean
. Iftrue
, specifies a whole word search. This is not implemented; see bug 481513.aSearchInFrames
Boolean
. Iftrue
, specifies a search in frames.
Returns
true
if the string is found; otherwise, false
.
Example
JavaScript
findString = function findText(text) {
alert("String \x22" + text + "\x22 found? " + window.find(text));
}
HTML
<p>Apples, Bananas, and Oranges.</p>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Apples")'>Search for Apples</button>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Banana")'>Search for Banana</button>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Orange")'>Search for Orange</button>
Result
Notes
In some browsers, Window.find()
selects (highlights) the found content on
the site.
Specifications
This is not part of any specification.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser