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Have you ever been surfing the web using Safari on your iPhone, and came across a page with a lot of text that you wanted to search to find a certain word? Most of us have. On a desktop computer you would use CTRL+F or Command+F to do so, but how do you do it on a smartphone? The good news is that the iPhone has a built in feature to let you search for words on a webpage.
On your iPhone or iPad, open the Chrome app. On the webpage, tap More Find in Page. At the top left, enter what you want to search for. Matching words will be highlighted in yellow and orange. Google is the default search engine for Safari when you set an iPhone or iPad. The search giant pays a significant amount to Apple to stay as Safari default search engine. Most people like using it, but some prefer Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Yahoo. Few people also have privacy issues and wish to use alternatives to Google and the services it provides. When searching the web on your iPhone, you can use the search suggestions that appear below the search bar in Safari or Chrome instead of typing out your whole query. Usually when you tap a search suggestion, it immediately searches with those terms. With iOS 12.2 or later, when you tap the blue arrow next to a search suggestion, the phrase is added to the search bar and you'll be able to.
This is how to search for text on a webpage on the iPhone:
- To search a word or phrase on an Android device, highlight any word or phrase via a long tap and Chrome will generate a search card for that term via a pull-up menu at the bottom of the screen.
- How to quickly search in Safari on your iPhone or iPad. If you find an interesting or unfamiliar term in some text you're reading, just copy that text and use Safari's navigation bar to quickly search for it. Copy the words you want to search for. Tap and hold on the Safari navigation bar. Tap Paste and Search from the pop-up menu.
- Make sure you have Safari open (the default iPhone web browser).
- Tap the Search Field at the top of your screen (where the address bar is located).
- Type in the word you want to search for on the webpage. Once you type in the word you want to search for, you should see a new view showing Suggested Website, Google Search, and On This Page.
- Then, under On This Page, tap Find 'word or phrase you're searching for'.
- You will then be returned to the webpage you were on, with all instances of the word or phrase you are searching highlighted in yellow.
- When you're done, you can click the Done button in the bottom right corner.
This also works on iPod Touch and iPad.
Happy searching!
Chrome is Google's powerful, flexible browser originally based on Apple's open-source WebKit rendering engine, but now powered by Google's own Blink fork. It also has Google's powerful V8 JavaScript engine, and hooks into all of Google outstanding services, like Gmail, Maps, Google+, and more. On iPhone and iPad, it offers the same account sync, but due to Apple's security restrictions, has to use WebKit and the slower embedded JavaScript engine.
For those that are hooked into Google services already and don't necessarily like the built-in Safari browser, Chrome may be a better option than for both iOS and Mac. Not only does Google sync your bookmarks and web history, just like Safari offers via iCloud, Google can show you what web pages you have open on any instance of Chrome you're currently signed in to. Left a page open on your Mac that you need to get to on your iPhone? No problem, just check your open tabs and pull the page in question right up. Google Chrome also ties in nicely with all of Google's other iOS apps.
Safari for Mac supports a plethora of browser extensions and plugins from password managers to Facebook status updaters. No matter what kind of plugin you need, you'll most likely find one for Chrome. And for times you don't want someone snooping around your browser activity, there's Incognito Mode, available for both iOS and OS X. Google Voice also allows you to search the web on your iPhone or iPad using only your voice, a feature comparable to built-in Siri capabilities.
Google Chrome is available for free for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. You can download them now via the links below.
- Free - Chrome for iOS - Download now
- Free - Chrome for OS X - Download now
Search Web Page Iphone Chrome Extension
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