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Window: find() method

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 Webkit bug 672395.

The Window.find() method finds a string in a window sequentially.

Syntax

find(aString, aCaseSensitive, aBackwards, aWrapAround, aWholeWord, aSearchInFrames, aShowDialog)

Parameters

aString: The text string for which to search.
aCaseSensitive: A boolean value. If true, specifies a case-sensitive search.
aBackwards: A boolean value. If true, specifies a backward search.
aWrapAround: A boolean value. If true, specifies a wrap around search.
aWholeWord Unimplemented: A boolean value. If true, specifies a whole word search. This is not implemented; see Firefox bug 481513.
aSearchInFrames: A boolean value. If true, specifies a search in frames.

Return value

true if the string is found; otherwise, false.

Examples

JavaScript

function findString(text) {
  document.querySelector("#output").textContent = `String found? ${window.find(
    text,
  )}`;
}

HTML

html

<p>Apples, Bananas, and Oranges.</p>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Apples")'>Search for Apples</button>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Bananas")'>
  Search for Bananas
</button>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Orange")'>Search for Orange</button>

<p id="output"></p>

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

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`find`	1	79	1	No	15	3	4.4	18	4	14	1	1.0

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