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Re: How get windows FIND() to work?

From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: How get windows FIND() to work?
Date 2020-08-05 08:35 +0200
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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

> On Monday, August 3, 2020 at 9:13:41 PM UTC-5, 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).
>> 
>>    Help?
> 
> Have you tried using the Selection API yet?
> 
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Selection>

Yes.  It provides an interface to the selection *by the user*, so does the 
opposite thing that was asked for.

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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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