find

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Finds text in a web page, and highlights matches.

To use this API you need to have the “find” permission.

Functions

• {{WebExtAPIRef("find.find()")}} 
  • : Find text in a web page.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("find.highlightResults()")}} 
  • : Highlight the last set of matches found.
• {{WebExtAPIRef("find.removeHighlighting()")}} 
  • : Remove any highlighting.

Browser compatibility

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