RegEx Support for "Find in Page"
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@Komposten Yes, the toggle should be in the right side of the search field, or somewhere close.
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@RobsukeDaisuke said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
@tlk said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
So much yes! It's not needed very often but when it is, it would help tremendously.
And as a side note, there is a regexp option in Developer Tools when searching in Sources.(Voted)
How exactly do you access Developer Tools in Vivaldi? And what do you mean by searching in Sources? The source of the page? Please, be something else...
I'm new to Vivaldi (but old Opera user - when it was still real), so bear with me. I learn quickly and know my way around linux, etc. but somehow this didn't quite open to me.
Thanks
One can open Developer tools via:
- right-clicking (on a right-handed mouse configuration) the page and selecting Inspect
- Menu ->Tools -> Developer Tools
- keyboard shortcut (whichever is customized in your system - open Vivaldi Settings and search in the search field "Developer")
- Quick Commands (again, open with a shortcut, open Vivaldi Settings and search in the search field "Quick commands"), then in there type "Developer tools"
And in the Developer Tools there is a tab Sources, which can also be searched, and there is a RegExp toggle there.
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@RobsukeDaisuke said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
@Komposten said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
@greybeard Should definitely be a toggle. Preferably like the 'match case' one.
What about writing the regex like this ```
/div .*/...or with ignore case``` i/div .*/I know those examples are just nonsense, but that's not the point
Anyway, it's always optional in browsers I think.A toggle is much more obvious to the users (not everyone will think of trying to write a JS-style regex into the search field unless they expect it to work, which they wouldn't since there isn't really a precedent for it), and it doesn't have the problem of needing to escape characters if I want to search for regex-like text without actually interpreting it as a regex.
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Yes! with a toggle that rememberes its last state. Would be amazing
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this would be awesome, +1
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Unfortunately, after five years this request is flagged as 'WILL NOT DO'
Thanks to everyone who upvoted.
Let's hope at least they will fix this bug in Find in Page. -
Try the extension Chrome Regex Search:
https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-regex-search/bpelaihoicobbkgmhcbikncnpacdbknn
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@barbudo2005 I've tried many (all?) regex extensions, but they all perform from bad to worse.
Nothing beats built-in features, that's why we are here using Vivaldi.
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@solidsnake Which RegEx? PCRE? POSIX? Wildcard?
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@solidsnake said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
Nothing beats built-in features
not true, they can be badly implemented, so performing poorly compared to 3rd party extensions that are developed by people focusing only on that function, since years. One example among many: the native ad blocking compared to uBlock Origin.
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@iAN-CooG
You beat me to the comment.@solidsnake
Said:I've tried many (all?) regex extensions, but they all perform from bad to worse.
Nothing beats built-in features, that's why we are here using Vivaldi.It's one thing if you haven't found a good extension for this topic, but it's another thing entirely to say "Nothing beats built-in features"
As I said in other post:
Tell me just one of the features that are included in browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Brave, etc.) that are better implemented than the best extension that does the same thing.
"Nothing beats built-in features": It is a way of thinking that has been very harmful, because it provokes the following moods in users who follow it like a mantra:
Angry
Depressed
Disappointed
etc.Let us eradicate it once and for all.
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@DoctorG said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
@solidsnake Which RegEx? PCRE? POSIX? Wildcard?
Doesn't matter, any will do. Basis are the same in all regex flavours.
@iAN-CooG said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
@solidsnake said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
Nothing beats built-in features
not true, they can be badly implemented, so performing poorly compared to 3rd party extensions that are developed by people focusing only on that function, since years. One example among many: the native ad blocking compared to uBlock Origin.
@barbudo2005 said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
@iAN-CooG
You beat me to the comment.@solidsnake
Said:I've tried many (all?) regex extensions, but they all perform from bad to worse.
Nothing beats built-in features, that's why we are here using Vivaldi.It's one thing if you haven't found a good extension for this topic, but it's another thing entirely to say "Nothing beats built-in features"
As I said in other post:
Tell me just one of the features that are included in browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Brave, etc.) that are better implemented than the best extension that does the same thing.
"Nothing beats built-in features": It is a way of thinking that has been very harmful, because it provokes the following moods in users who follow it like a mantra:
Angry
Depressed
Disappointed
etc.Let us eradicate it once and for all.
Sorry if I misleaded you with that statement, but I was referring to this particular feature. Built in support for Regex meaning that searching will start with the same hotkey as for normal search and changing mode will be done either by typing some prefix or with checking the box, meaning that it will be just one key|mouse press away. Also same hotkeys can be used for navigating the results.
This is not a case with available extensions. Searching that way is just too cumbersome.
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@solidsnake Why? Currently has 132 votes which puts in the top 20 of all requests. Vivaldi should cater to the power user.
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@browseruser I really don't know. All top voted requests are from five years ago, that is since the sub-forum for requests was open.
That brings the question what is the point of the request topics and votes if they are not taken into account by the Vivaldi team.
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FYI, In internal bug tracker exists a feature request, which is still open and not closed as Will not Do.
VB-57450 "Find in page with regex" -
Please ask a person from Moderator team to remove the tag "Will Not Do" in thread title.
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@DoctorG said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
FYI, In internal bug tracker exists a feature request, which is still open and not closed as Will not Do.
VB-57450 "Find in page with regex"So there is still hope
Please ask a person from Moderator team to remove the tag "Will Not Do" in thread title.
The moderator removed the tag without asking.
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Hi, I really would make use of regexes in find in page daily. Is this definitely maked as Will not do?
Is there anywhere that I can vote too?
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@SilverGreen93 It is not discarded (yet), but no progress noticed.
Press like on the first post. Although it seems that voting doesn't make any difference to the team.
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@barbudo2005 said in RegEx Support for "Find in Page":
Try the extension Chrome Regex Search:
https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-regex-search/bpelaihoicobbkgmhcbikncnpacdbknn
That is a beauty. Thanks much!
