The Find functionality, to search for words in a page needs to be able to handle regular expressions that are understandable by the linux sed command.
The Find functionality, to search for words in a page needs to be able to handle regular expressions that are understandable by the linux sed command.
At least this should be done for the linux/unix/OS X/*BSD ...etc.. versions of FF
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There is an add on that says it does this:
For feedback to the developers, please also contact input.mozilla.org.
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Reviews Why It can't be used on my firefox 38.0.5? Rated 2 out of 5 stars
by ch2leo on June 19, 2015 · permalink · translate
It is conflict to FindBar Tweak and can't be used. Hope This bugs can be fixed and thanks for the quickly reply.
complement: I also find a new problem that the plugin doesn't work on infinite scrolling web page such like Quora.
Looks great and very useful, but doesn't recognise ".*" for "any character between zero and infinite times" Rated 4 out of 5 stars
by Hal on June 8, 2015 · permalink · translate
I'd really like to use this extension, but I can't figure out how to formulate the regex token for "any character between zero and infinite times". Help appreciated.
I might add that
Edit -> Find stopped working after I installed this add-on
and Cntrl-F also stopped working after I added this add-on.
Please remove this add-on from the add-ons repository. It is busted.