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Type-ahead-find

by typeaheadfind

v0.4.7 Updated Mar 28, 2025 18.32KiB
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Description

Type-ahead-find [1] is an accessibility feature to search links and text faster on a webpage. How to use it: * Start writing (or press /) to start text search. * Press ' to search only links. * Change option "direct search state" to set the default search policy (text, links or disabled). * Use (Shift+)F3 or (Shift+)Control+G or Alt+N/P to switch between matches. * Use F4 to toggle matching mode (text/links) once the search is active. * Blacklist sites that set up their own shortcuts. * The search shows first matches in current viewport. Limitations: * It cannot search inside iframes. * It does not search text in adjacent HTML nodes (i.e. "hello" won't be found in HTML <b>He</b>llo) * If the page already sets Javascript keybidings, the extension may misbehave. The best solution is to blacklist the site in the options page and disable the extension for this particular website.
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Reviews (31 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-13
Udo Emmerich

Not working unfortunately

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-04
Chris Vydas

Find button did absolutely nothing

★☆☆☆☆2022-11-21
Mattias

Can't get it to work at all

★☆☆☆☆2017-03-07
Kevin Schnitzius

Doesn't work with Version 55.0.2883.75 (64-bit)

★☆☆☆☆2016-08-10
Lorde Rouse

Does not allow use of the O typing key. Removed and reinstalled 3 times, still no response to the O key.

★☆☆☆☆2015-09-15
R r

It was REALLY 5 STAR extenstion because when you start typing forgetting to click the field - there was still typing! So you was able to copy already typed. Now when you click typed by this extension - it dissappears.. Dissapointing:( And even "enter" not working to go to next result so how to use it...

★☆☆☆☆2014-10-02
Zilvinas Ziurkus

Useless. Worked for an hour and for some reason every time I type it doesn't search. I've tried hitting all the buttons, nothing. This has so much potential WHY IS NOT WORKING????

★☆☆☆☆2013-07-16
Chester Szeto

Doesn't auto scroll page to matches

★☆☆☆☆2012-06-30
Daniel Lemon

Why doesn't it require you to always type / before searching?? As it is, web sites with shortcuts like google reader are broken. Chrome still unusable for me.

★★☆☆☆2022-12-12
Vreem de Ling

Not working in current Chrome versions :(

★★☆☆☆2014-03-09
Konrad W

Hangs almost always on bigger sites like for example Java api overview site. Type first two, three letters and plugin is dead. But sometimes it's working with this site. Second thing is it's very poor performance. If You have hundred results and You are holding Ctrl+G to traverse them a bit, plugin lags very much while traversing them and when You relese Ctrl+G plugin keeps going and want stop for a while. Comparing to Chrome built int search or Firefox "search as you type" this plugin is not solid at all.

★★☆☆☆2014-02-12
John Doe

I didnt see anything better than hitting Ctrl + F and just searching for something

★★☆☆☆2013-09-13
Fa fmail

It's not working for me anymore

★★☆☆☆2013-06-08
Astro D Ashtaralnakhai

on FB, it won't allow me to type 'j', 'k', or 'l'. :(

★★☆☆☆2013-04-06
James Hudson

i cant uninstall

★★☆☆☆2012-05-13
Dmitry Katsubo

Does it work for latest Chrome (v18)? I don't see the text being searched when I type...

★★★☆☆2026-02-21
Clearer View

Not working at all with Chrome version 144 or later. Please update or open source for someone else to fork. This is a very useful feature that Firefox has, for many years - missing from Chrome. Shame on Google for not implementing this feature. They could at least 'buy' this extension.

★★★☆☆2020-02-18
Hans

It doesn't work in sourcecode-view with: view-source:URL

★★★☆☆2019-01-15
cg g

Can u support chinese search?

★★★☆☆2017-12-02
Scott Anderson

I love the functionality. However, it appears to break text boxes since Chrome 61 (or so). Selecting the text in a text box and typing causes the first character to replace the text in the box, but then the cursor jumps to the beginning and the rest is typed in the wrong order.

★★★☆☆2017-11-04
MannyF

Does the job BUT does not work when typing Chinese, at least not when using Windows 10's built-in IME. This is one of the very few features I'm missing since my recent switch from Fire-bloat-fox.

★★★☆☆2017-10-09
Edgar Roock

It vanishes when I right-click a link. Extremely inconvenient. Otherwise a step in the right direction.

★★★☆☆2017-03-30
Roie Rogea

This a needed function for me. However, this is a simple, straight-forward function, there's no reason the extension should require "Read and change all your data on the websites you visit" permission!

★★★☆☆2015-12-04
Ahmed73

when type can't use: Ctr+A to select what typed, and can't use Alt Shift+Alt+back arrow to select latest word

★★★☆☆2014-06-04
Glen Chao

Works on basic cases. Please ad wrap around search and auto populate search box when ctrl+f is hit

★★★☆☆2014-05-09
Peter Theill

This is not the best type-ahead plugin in the store

★★★☆☆2014-01-23
Domenic Padula

I wish it could highlight all matches rather than just one at a time. Am I missing the option?

★★★☆☆2013-11-19
Adam

does NOT recognize SPACES :( pls fix

★★★☆☆2013-01-11
Gary Wong

Sadly it still does not match the functionality of Firefox. If I am typing and I highlight a link, I want to be able to press enter to use the link instead of clicking on it. Taking my hand off the keyboard and moving the mouse to the link and clicking on it is cumbersome.

★★★☆☆2012-09-20
Esther Malka

It's okay, but there are bugs. Typing programs like type-fu, lightning type, etc - were completely incapacitated by this extension because it would search instead of let you type. I was going crazy until I figured out it was this that did it.

★★★☆☆2011-11-14
B.Mihai

Can not use it to search in the Google search engine. :((

Permissions (1)

Permissions

storage Can store data locally in your browser

Details

Version 0.4.7
Updated Mar 28, 2025
Size 18.32KiB
First Seen Mar 22, 2026