Increased visibility for current "Find in page" match - option to have text search results blink

[rdvdap]

When using the "Find in page" option it is sometimes (very) difficult to find the currently highlighted matching text. I would find it helpful to have the ability to make the currently highlighted item flash, or change color -- some kind of visual activity to catch the eye.

[Jon]

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[KERR]

I had the same issue the other day on youtube. It found a match but couldn't spot it for the life of me.

Note that I also tried in Edge and had the exact same issue.

In the past, FF had this option, it seems to be gone now though 😢

https://vimeo.com/167239422

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=384458

[MintMain21]

Maybe the best solution would simply be to offer customization options for "Find In Page" like changing the color of the highlight?

[okay_okay]

This is a great idea 

[WhiteKnight]

Add option to have text search results blink

Many times I'm not able to find the results that FF text search claims to have been found.

Here is one example:

So, for accessibility and usability reasons, please add a Boolean checkbox option to have all text search results blink vividly, similar to this simulation:

[Jon]

@WhiteKnight thanks for adding examples and visuals—this is super helpful!

[yileos]

A simple feature that turns the highlighted text off and on for a blinking effect, which could help it be more visible. Because on some websites I have great difficulty seeing whatever is highlighted by the CTRL+F function.

Or maybe something else that can help find the text, but I just thought this would be easy and useful to implement

[Jon]

(Note: similar ideas have been merged into this thread)

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Configuration Editor for Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox
Search preference name ui.textHighlightBackground default value #ef0fff

If you'd like to try another color
https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp

By way of example #00ff00

[WhiteKnight]

That's a great first step!

Yet, it doesn't quite meet usability requirements. Because, each web page may be using different text/background colors – even background images. I don't think that setting a highlight color once in about:config will suffice. Changing the highlight color on demand may become quite cumbersome and undesirable, I'm afraid.

[WhiteKnight]

That's a great first step! 👍

Yet, it doesn't quite meet usability requirements. Because, each web page may be using different text/background colors – even background images. I don't think that setting a highlight color once in about:config will suffice. Changing the highlight color on demand may become quite cumbersome and undesirable, I'm afraid.

[TheRoyalWe]

First. Really annoying that we have to log in just to post a comment?

Find function is much better in Chrome. Entering a hex string to change to color is fine but not everyone is comfortable with that. Hard to believe this is still an issue after all these years. I've just been suffering with it.

[mcg]

IDK why I can't kudo WhiteKnight's flashing idea (and simulation), but it is effing brilliant.  Especially helpful to those of us with ageing eyes and neurodivergent conditions.

[Watermann]

Well... I created an extension for this yesterday! It's called FineFind and might be the solution you're all searching for!

[WhiteKnight]

Hey @Watermann,

that's great!

Yet, neither in the GitHub repository nor in the Firefox marketplace I found a description what the extension is actually doing. The screenshots on Marketplace don't show any difference between Before an After.

Perhaps you may want to improve documentation?