How to search for text across all tabs in Chrome and Edge

This tutorial shows you how to find specific text or phrases on all open tabs in Chrome or Edge on Windows.

Is there a way to do a text search across all open tabs in Chrome?

Yes, you can use a free external web extension in Chrome to perform text searches on all open tabs without having to switch tabs manually. Some extensions like Tab Search and Ctrl-F Plus can help you achieve this easily.

How to search for text in all tabs of Google Chrome?

Ctrl-F Plus is a free extension that facilitates users to search for a specific word, phrase or text across all tabs of their browser window. This extension is available for Google Chrome and can be easily installed through the Chrome Web Store.

Open Chrome.

Go to the Chrome Web Store.

Install Ctrl-F Plus.

Set keyboard shortcuts to activate extensions.

Press the specified shortcut key.

Enter the text to search for.

First, open your Chrome browser and go to the Chrome Web Store.

Type "Ctrl-F Plus" and press Enter. Click "Ctrl-F Plus: Ctrl F Search All Tab" in the search results and then click the "Add to Chrome" button. Next, click the “Add Extension” button to complete the installation.

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After installing the extension, go to the extension icon from the upper right corner. of the browser window. Then, press Ctrl-F Plus on the Pin button next to the extension.

Once the extension is pinned, right-click it and select the Set Keyboard Shortcuts option.

Next, click on the edit button and enter the new hotkey to activate the extension. The default hotkey is CTRL SHIFT F.

Now you can press the designated hotkey to enable the Ctrl-F Plus extension and instantly start searching for specific text across multiple tabs.

Type the text you want to search in the black search bar and press the Enter button. It will display the number of matching results it got across multiple open tabs.

You can press the Enter button multiple times to move from one result to another. Alternatively, you can click the up or down arrow buttons to jump between search results.

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How to search text in all tabs of Microsoft Edge?

To search text across all open tabs in Edge, you can use the Search All Tabs plugin. It is a free add-on available on the Edge add-ons page. Here's how you can use it:

Start Edge and open the Edge Add-ons page.

Add Search All Tabs extension.

Show extension on toolbar.

Click on the extension.

Enter your search query.

First, open the Edge browser, then open the Edge add-ons page.

Next, search for the Search All Tabs extension and add it to your browser by clicking the Get>Add Extension button.

Now, click on the extension icon in the upper right toolbar. Click the Show in toolbar option to show the extension on the toolbar.

After that, click the Search All Tabs extension on the toolbar to open the search prompts.

Now enter your query in the corresponding search box and wait for the extension to search in all tabs and get the search results.

You can simply click on the search result to navigate to the page. You can also press Enter to move to the first matching tab.

It also allows you to group all matching tabs into a new window.

This extension also allows you to customize it. You can right-click an extension on the toolbar and set options. It allows you to enable or disable options like ignore duplicate tabs, ignore PDF files, and always try to scroll to matching results. In addition to this, you can also set the search engine, search crawler, search scope, maximum size of each content, search size, fragment size, indexing time and other functions.

How to search multiple tabs in Edge?

To find open tabs in Edge, you can press the Ctrl Shift A shortcut key. A prompt will open showing all open tabs as well as the most recently closed tabs. You can search for a specific tab and quickly navigate to it or perform any action you want.

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