[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 19972] New: Feature Request: Provide more robust searching tools in Cmd-F search bar (match case, regular expressions, in selection)

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19972

           Summary: Feature Request: Provide more robust searching tools in
                    Cmd-F search bar (match case, regular expressions, in
                    selection)
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 525.x (Safari 3.1)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: New Bugs
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: dylanryan at mac.com


It would be useful if there was a way to search case-sensitively when using the
Command-F search-bar thing. A simple checkbox labeled "Match Case" to the left
of the previous/next searches to turn this feature on/off be the easiest way to
toggle the feature. 

A slightly less trivial enhancement would be searching for regular expressions
as well (which could prove useful when looking at diffs of patches in the
browser, for example), although that could confuse the average user. 

Finally, the ability to search only within selected text (or perhaps, only the
text currently in the viewport - that is, search without scrolling) would help
when searching on very long pages, and the ability to only search within
(and/or to explicitly exclude) editable areas (be they text areas/fields, or
content-editable elements) would help on forms.





Other browsers: Firefox (at least, FF3, I did not test 2) provides the "Match
Case" option. I have not looked in any other browsers. 

Firefox also automatically puts the currently selected text (or at least, some
of it if there is a very long selection) into the search field when Cmd-F is
pressed. This is useful (although it would probably not play nice with "search
within selection"). 



I am not entirely sure if these should all be one request or multiple, but
since they are all essentially asking for more functionality in the search bar,
I put them together as one. I can split them up if desired.


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