Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Help desk/Archive 8 (section)

== Help with Firefox 1.0PR and editing ==

Hi -- while '''editing''' an article with Firefox 1.0PR, if I click on the editing field and hit ctrl-F for Find and type some string of text that is present, the Firefox find bar at the bottom of the screen claims the text isn't found.  It finds it fine when '''reading''' the article.  For example, when reading this Help Desk article, if I search for ''angela'' then it jumps right to the text.  But when editing the article, searching for ''angela'' doesn't find it.  

Previous versions of Firefox used a dialog box that popped up (as IE does) and it always worked fine.  [[User:Tempshill|Tempshill]] 17:29, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

:Never used Firefox, but in IE, sometimes you have to search ''backwards'' to find the word. [[User:Frecklefoot|<nowiki></nowiki>]]&mdash; [[User:Frecklefoot|Frecklefoot]] | [[User talk:Frecklefoot|Talk]] 17:49, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
::Neither button ("Find Next" and "Find Previous") works, and in Firefox 1.0PR, you don't actually have to use the buttons; the browser just jumps to the first instance as you type.  This doesn't work, either, for the editable text.  [[User:Tempshill|Tempshill]] 17:59, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
:You can't search for text in a text box (i.e. the edit box) - only in the body of an article. If you hit "preview" and then search it should be OK (unless I misunderstood your question). [[User:Rdsmith4|Ðåñηÿßôý]] | [[User talk:Rdsmith4|Talk]] 19:21, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::As an aside, I'd sure '''love''' to be able to search the edit box. [[User:Paul August|Paul August]] 05:38, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)
:::Get yourself firefox 0.9.3 works fine. It seems daft to me that a later version can't do what an ealier one could. [[User:Theresa knott|Theresa Knott]] [[User talk:Theresa knott| (The torn steak)]] 05:44, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
::::Theresa, are you saying you ''can'' search for text in the '''edit box''' (contrary to what  [[User:Rdsmith4|Ðåñηÿßôý]] said above? [[User:Paul August|Paul August]] 05:51, Oct 5, 2004 (UTC)