Re: Search methods added to the WebView control

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 18/04/2025 à 11:58, Claus Dietrich a écrit :
> Am 18.04.25 um 00:34 schrieb Benoît Minisini:
> > > Two more things:
> > > 1. Using the Find()-method without arguments is supposed to erase all 
> > > marked hits. This works with the exemption of the first hit, which 
> > > remains marked in gray color. My current workaround is to reload the 
> > > HTML page but this takes time and is clearly visible. It would be 
> > > perfect if the Find() method (without arguments) erases also the 
> > > first hit.
> > It's internal to the browser. I guess it selects the first text found, 
> > and I guess you may have different behaviours between QT WebView and 
> > WebkitGTK.
> > Maybe running a few javascript will allow you to unselect all selected 
> > text?
> I am no JS geek and have no clue, what I have to look for (CSS class, 
> HTML Tag ..?). I tried several AI proposals without success so far. Can 
> someone help?

By typing "unselect text in javascript" in a search engine, I get that 
first answer:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6562727/is-there-a-function-to-deselect-all-text-using-javascript

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.