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| From | Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.computer, comp.lang.javascript, sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: How get windows FIND() to work? |
| Date | 2020-08-04 19:42 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <hotkvkFl7s3U3@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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Robert Baer: > Clifford Heath wrote: >> On 4/8/20 12:13 pm, Robert Baer wrote: >>> Environment: Win7.1 Firefox 78 >>> >>> Sample line used: >>> <a href="downhole-measurements.html?find=able">Downhole Measurements</a> >>> >>> At least execution transfers from the calling HTML to the desired >>> destination HTML. >>> >>> BUT. the keyword does NOT get underlined or highlighted in any way. >>> It would be particularly nice if all the keywords got highlighted >>> and the first keyword was presented on the screen (think loong >>> document and keyword was in middle). >> >> You won't get highlighting without adding Javascript. >> >> I suggest you use a fragment identifier: >> >> <a href="downhole-measurements.html#able">Downhole Measurements</a> >> >> because that gets passed to the browser, which will scroll to the >> matching <a name="able"> tag. The fragment string is also available to >> Javascript by using >> >> var fragment = location.hash; // Returns '#able' >> >> You could use that to highlight the appropriate text. >> >> Clifford Heath. > Does not that require EVERY instance of "able" in every document to > be tagged? > Or at minimum, the first instance to be tagged? No. You still need to write *code* to do this. > MUCH easier and saner to (somehow) get the browser FIND() to do its > thing; even IE8 dew that. Then do it. What did you try so far? What's your problem with it? -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de
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How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-03 19:13 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-04 04:49 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2020-08-04 02:11 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-04 12:02 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-04 20:06 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-05 07:55 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-08-03 19:55 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-05 08:35 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-08-05 11:19 -0700
Highlighting text (was: How get windows FIND() to work?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-06 02:15 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2020-08-04 15:22 +1000
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-04 10:06 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-04 19:42 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-04 20:13 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2020-08-05 19:56 +1000
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-05 13:54 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2020-08-05 21:55 +1000
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-05 15:40 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-06 12:27 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-07 14:09 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-06 12:24 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-06 12:23 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-06 12:16 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2020-08-04 09:10 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-08-04 23:46 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-04 20:21 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-05 07:56 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-06 11:40 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2020-08-07 14:26 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2020-08-05 08:59 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-08-06 01:11 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2020-08-06 11:36 +1000
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2020-08-06 12:24 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-06 12:40 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2020-08-07 10:27 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-08 04:39 +0200
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2020-08-07 18:46 +1000
Highlighting text (was: How get windows FIND() to work?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-05 08:32 +0200
Re: Highlighting text (was: How get windows FIND() to work?) "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-08-05 21:59 -0700
Re: Highlighting text (was: How get windows FIND() to work?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2020-08-08 04:22 +0200
Re: Highlighting text Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2020-08-06 12:06 -0700
Re: How get windows FIND() to work? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2020-08-06 12:40 -0700
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