Tap to hide the keyboard and the search field remains at the bottom of the screen. Tap the arrows to cycle through the matches on the page. This works like hitting CtrlF on your keyboard when trying to find a word or phrase in your browser on the computer. Leave a Reply. Your email address will not be published. Search for text within the current panel. Not supported in the Audits, Application, and Security panels Command+F: Control+F: Opens the Search tab in the Drawer, which lets you search for text across all loaded resources: Command+Option+F: Control+Shift+F: Open a file in the Sources panel: Command+O or Command+P: Control+O or Control+P: Zoom in: Command+Shift. On your computer, open Chrome. In the address bar at the top, type your search. Click the result or press Enter. Search within a webpage. You can find a specific word or phrase on a web page on your computer. On your computer, open a webpage in Chrome. At the top right, click More Find. Type your search term in the bar that appears in the top.
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With Google Chrome, you can quickly find what you're looking for on the Internet, in your bookmarks, and in your browsing history.
- Open Chrome.
- In the address bar at the top, type your search.
- Click the result or press Enter.
Search within a web page
You can find a specific word or phrase on a web page on your computer.
- Open a web page in Chrome.
- At the top right, click More Find.
- Type your search term in the bar that appears in the top right.
- Press Enter to search the page.
- Matches appear highlighted in yellow. You can see where all the matches are located on a web page using the yellow markers on the scrollbar.
Tip: You can also use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + f (Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS) or ⌘ + f (Mac) to quickly find a word or phrase.
Search words or images
You can find more info about a specific word, phrase, or image on a web page.
- Open a web page in Chrome.
- Highlight a word, phrase, or image.
- Right-click it on your computer. Hold Ctrl and click if you're on a Mac.
- Click the option to search for it with your default search engine. For example, you might see something like 'Search Google for 'emperor penguin' or 'Search Bing for this image.'
For more information, please visit the Google Support website.
If you have any questions, come by the Help Desk at Hardman & Jacobs Undergraduate Learning Center Room 105, call 646-1840, or email us at help@nmsu.edu.
| Keywords: | google chrome search web browser windows macSuggest keywords | Doc ID: | 72590 |
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| Owner: | John B. | Group: | New Mexico State University |
| Created: | 2017-04-13 12:12 MST | Updated: | 2017-11-06 11:44 MST |
| Sites: | New Mexico State University | ||
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There are times when I have to open a new tab in my browser while reading an article just to look up the meaning of a word I am not sure about. The Google search inline frame which shows up the meaning right on the search page might have eased some of the work f
As I am a Chrome user, I started to look for ways to get a pop-up dictionary for any word directly on the page I am reading the article on. However as not everyone uses Chrome, I expanded my research to Firefox and Opera as well. So let’s have a look at how we can get a small pop-up dictionary in all the popular browsers.
Google Dictionary for Chrome
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Google Dictionary is an extension from Google labs and is the simplest pop-up dictionary available for Chrome. After you install the extension, save your work and restart your browser. If you don’t do so, the extension will not work with the tabs that were loaded prior to its installation.
To use the extension simply double click on the word. A small pop-up frame with the meaning of the word will open up. If you would like to research deeper, the more link in the pop-up frame opens up the dedicated search page in Google with lots of reference links.
You can add a trigger key to the double click action of the extension. Right-click on the extension icon and select Options from the context menu.
One Click Pop-up Dictionary for Firefox
Firefox users can go ahead and install One Click Pop-up Dictionary. After you install the extension, restart your browser. Now, whenever you wish to look up a meaning of a word, highlight the word and click on the add-on button to open the meaning. You can also press the Shift+D
The dictionary also includes a pronunciation guide and you can listen to a voice guide by clicking the small play button next to the meaning. In fact, this feature is in the Google dictionary for Chrome app too.
Bubble Dictionary for Opera
When compared to the above two extensions, the Bubble Dictionary
After installing the extension you just need to highlight a word to initiate Bubble Dictionary add-on. It will display all the related information about the word in a pop-up frame and as soon as it looses focus, it becomes translucent.
If you don’t want so much of information about a word, you can configure the extension to ignore the rest of the portals while searching. The extension can also be used as a translation tool.
Conclusion
So that was how you can get an easy-to-access dictionary in your favorite browser and never have to leave a page to look up the meaning of a word. If you are an Android user, don’t forget to check out two offline dictionaries you can install on your
#Firefox Did You Know
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The Mozilla Firefox browser was originally called Phoenix 0.1.