I wondered for a while why FireFox’s "type-ahead find link" feature was not
working for me (type ‘ and then the link you are looking for). I finally
figured out why: this functionality looks for the text of the link, not
the href.
Which is a bummer because looking for an href without having to open the
source window would be quite convenient.
Does such a feature exist in FireFox?
#1 by stephane on October 19, 2004 - 11:45 pm
Yes !
In fact, the default is to search links only, but you can change that :
Tools > Options > Advanced > Accessibility, and then uncheck the “to search links only” box.
Steph
#2 by stephane on October 20, 2004 - 12:06 am
Sorry, I realize my previous comment does not answer your question.
Steph
#3 by the_mindstorm on October 20, 2004 - 12:27 am
It would be an interesting feature. I have looked around but couldn’t find something like this.
But… take a look at this: http://www.autohotkey.com/ (don’t be afraid: is free and open source). You should be able to add this functionality quite easy.
I was impressed with it. I have changed on my laptop a win key to ctrl key with 2 lines :-).
#4 by anjavishal on April 21, 2005 - 2:45 am
Checking it out right now. Pretty sweet
#5 by Morley Zhi on March 31, 2008 - 10:56 am
Do an about:config in Firefox, and search for “linksonly.” Set it to “false.” Then it’ll search all text.