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Chrome Regex Search

Chrome Regex Search

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An extension for Regex Search in lieu of Chrome's CTRL+F
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rshen
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Published
Published on October 10, 2015
Version 1.0.8
Manifest version
2
Updated
Updated on January 24, 2019
productivity/workflow
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Description

Highlight regex matches on the web page dynamically as you type.

Cycle through matches with ENTER and SHIFT+ENTER or by clicking the arrows with your mouse.

Customize highlighting and text color through the extension options.

You will need to refresh any tabs you already have opened to load the content script.

10/27/2015: Added case insensitive search option in options page

7/13/2016: Added "file:///" extension to manifest

7/30/2016: Updated package with pull request https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search/commit/c5ab1bbc33a1ec8ddd254b640b8786cc621e6644

9/2/2016: Updated package with pull request https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search/pull/6 This update adds search history to the popup, which is shown and hidden with the rightmost button

9/23/2016: Changed case insensitive search option to a toggle on popup

1/24/2019: Updated package with two pull requests to enable copy command and auto-focus on parent element.

This extension is open source: https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search

If you have any problems please report them to https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search/issues

Keyboard Shortcuts: ENTER: select next regex match SHIFT+ENTER: select previous regex match

To setup a Keyboard Shortcut to open the Popup: In your browser, go to chrome://extensions/ Find 'Chrome Regex Search' and click the box Type your custom command (ie CTRL+SHIFT+F) Now whenever, you want to open the popup simply enter your custom command.

Extension Options can be found by right clicking the icon and selecting 'Options' or by going to chrome://extensions/ and clicking 'Options' in the row for 'Chrome Regex Search'

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