Native find support

[lengstrom]

Does NW support any sort of find system?

Example: In Google Chrome, when you press control - f, you get a find window that shows a series of highlighted words on the site that match your pattern. Does node-webkit have anything like this?

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[skhavari]

something like this could be integrated in node-webkit or built into the client app.

https://github.com/padolsey/findAndReplaceDOMText

[nwjs-bot]

This should be working with latest version now.

In 0.13 we changed to an optimized architecture so more features can be supported, see http://nwjs.io/blog/whats-new-in-0.13/ and it's good for keeping up with Chromium upstream -- we released with Node.js v6.0 and new Chromium versions within 1 day after upstream release.

The new version would fixed many issues reported here and we're scrubbing them. This issue is closed as we believe it should be fixed. Please leave a message if it isn't and we'll reopen it.

[eriegz]

There's nothing in the above release 0.13 documentation that says anything about native find support being added. Was this feature actually added? If so, in which release? Where's the documentation?

[PriteshGajjar008]

Can someone confirm if this works? I tried but didn't work for me. I don't see any UI options on clicking Ctrl+F.

[PriteshGajjar008]

Its not working with latest version 0.21.3. Please advice.

[PriteshGajjar008]

Any updates on this?

[PriteshGajjar008]

I see this is reopened. @Christywl Can you provide your view on this issue please?

[Christywl]

Yes, I tried on nwjs-sdk-v0.21.3, it doesn't work. Users can't use CTRL-F to search for a word.

[PriteshGajjar008]

Okay. Let us know when you guys are planning to work on this.

[rogerwang]

Thanks for your patience. We plan to fix it soon by providing an API and you can bind it to the hotkey. It shouldn't be a default behavior.

[peq42]

@rogerwang So, any news on this? Couldn't find on documentation/google

[franck34]

+1

[rogerwang]

This is depending on #5875 , which has some progress recently. This feature should be easy to implement after that one is done.

[colorao]

+1

[truesolarflame]

+1

[TheJaredWilcurt]

I created an easy to use tool as a temporary stand in.

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Usage

1. npm install --save findinnw
2. In your HTML file add:

   <script src="node_modules/findinnw/dist/find-in-nw.js"></script>
   <script>
     findInNw.initialize();
   </script>

3. Use CTRL+F and ESC to show/hide the search box

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API

• https://github.com/nwutils/find-in-nw

[prominentdetail]

any update on this?

[rogerwang]

I'll start adding browser features (including this) after #7230 is resolved.

[calumsult]

Is there an opportunity to fund this work?

[rogerwang]

@calumsult you could put a bounty on this feature via BountySource or IssueHunt.

[gusazevedo]

So... nothing yet? (sad face)

[yushghimire]

any updates on this?

[DavidAccola]

Checking in on this...