Wow

[MattJH]

When you go to the "Edit" menu in Internet Explorer there is an option to 'Find (On this page) Ctrl + F'....Is there a way that I could possibly invoke this command by pressing a button on my web page (for instance).

All I need to do is search for a string on the current page.

I've tried

window.find();

And also the variant

window.find(variable);

niether work in IE5 but do in Netscape.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

Matt.

[sebs]

here's how to do it in javascript:

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var pos = 0;
function findit() {
    if (document.myform.mytext.value == '') {
        alert('Nothing to search for');
        return;
    }
    if (document.all) {
        var found = false;
        var text = document.body.createTextRange();
        for (var i=0; i<=pos && (found=text.findText(document.myform.mytext.value)) != false; i++) {
            text.moveStart("character", 1);
            text.moveEnd("textedit");
        }
        if (found) {
            text.moveStart("character", -1);
            text.findText(document.myform.mytext.value);
            text.select();
            text.scrollIntoView();
            pos++;
        }
        else {
            pos=0;
            text = document.body.createTextRange();
            text.findText(document.myform.mytext.value);
            text.select();
            text.scrollIntoView();
        }
    }
    else if (document.layers) {
        find(document.myform.mytext.value,false);
    }
}

if (document.layers || document.all) {
      document.write('<form name="myform">');
      document.write('<input type="text" name="mytext">');
      document.write('<input type="button" value="Find" onClick="findit()">');
      document.write('<\/form>');
}
//--></script>

hope it help

[MattJH]

Thanks for the information in your reply, it works really well, just another question though, how can I get it to search a different frame??


Cheers,


MattJH

[sebs]

instead of :

document.myform.mytext.value

use:


parent.frames.yourFrameName.document.myForm.mytext.value