267025 - Using Edit ---> Find on this page, if a new page is loaded the search should automatically search the new page

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Andrew Watiker]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1

Example:

When visiting www.mozilla.org, if I search for the word "contrib" on the
homepage using Edit --> Find on this page, I get no results.  If I click on the
link for RC1 (an FTP page) the search bar at the bottom still says "Phrase not
found".  If I click "find next" the search will then find the word.  The "find
on this page" feature should, instead, automatically search the new page upon
loading.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Visit www.mozilla.org
2.Open "Edit" Menu
3.Select "Find in This Page"
4. Search for contrib
5. The bar will read "Phrase not found"
6. Click on the link for release candidate 1
7. The find bar will still show "Phrase not found" even though contrib appears
on this page

Actual Results:  
The find bar will not find the word on the page.

Expected Results:  
The software should automatically search the new page for the word in the find box.

Comment 1

[Jason Keirstead]

(In reply to comment #0)

> Expected Results:  
> The software should automatically search the new page for the word in the find
box.

Actually - I was going to post a different request. I think that when you change
page the find bar should be closed automatically.

If you are searching for text on a page, and then click a link as a result of
that search, why woud you be looking for that text again?

Comment 2

[Andrew Watiker]

One time when I want the "find on this page" feature to work this way was when I
was writing an essay on the Scarlet Letter.  That story being in the public
domain is available, in full text, on the internet.  The site I found with the
story had the story seperated into chapters.  When I was looking for a
particular phrase, but did not know the chapter, wanted to use "find on this
page" to automatically check each new chapter.

Comment 3

[Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley]

Rarely do I search one page for something.  I nearly always search multiple
pages (because a site/document goes over multiple pages or I'm searching
different sites for the same thing).  I therefore find not having this
functionality really annoying.

If this is considered to take up too much CPU time (I doubt that) then at least
make a a positive search change the background of the search box to something
different (e.g.: green) from an I-haven't-searched-yet state).

We could combine Jason Keirstead's comment #2 request with this bug, by having a
checkbox after `Match case' saying `Keep search bar open'.  This would be set to
not keep it open by default, but, instead, close it when you move to a different
tab or URI (to keep Jason happy).  One would then check the box when searching
multiple pages so that the bar stays open (and automatically searches  any page
that has focus even to the extent of going to the first occurence of the term).
 After you close the search bar the setting would go back to the default (of
off).  However, there could be an about:config pref to set it to default to on
when one opens the search bar for those of us who usually search multiple sites
(like me).

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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