Re: Search methods added to the WebView control

[BB <adamnt42@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/4/25 5:42 am, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In the last commit, I added three methods for searching text in the 
> contents of a WebView (in GTK+3, QT5 and QT6 webview components).
>
> 'Find(<string>, <options>)' starts a new search and highlights all the 
> found strings. It returns the number of matches.
>
> The only option supported in common by Qt and WebKitGTK+ is case 
> sensitivity. WebKitGTK+ have others, but not Qt. What a pity!
>
> 'FindNext()' and 'FindPrevious()' will then search forward or backward.

> If you want to end the search and hide the highlighting, just call 
> 'Find()' with no arguments.
mmm, A little bit cryptic. Could you add a facade method, say 
ClearFind() or something. (In a few months I bet that I will be asking 
how to clear the find status. 😅
> Enjoy!
Thank you. I'm sure this will come in handy!

regards

b