Browsers are the most used for everything that has to do with the web, and is that through these we have access to our favorite pages, our emails, they are useful for our studies and work. The entertainment and leisure that we get in these is inexhaustible, in short a lot of information is available through these. There are also very secure browsers such as the DuckDuckgo engine.
As for all this abundant information, we need help finding what we need in particular, as it looks like a fallen needle in a haystack. Is that being located in the specific part of the website where we are, is very helpful, because in this way we avoid all content that is not relevant to us, in this article we will talk about how to do an internal search within the content of a web page
What steps should you take to make a search within a page?
Let’s say we are doing a university job, to put in context, and the page that contains what we are looking for has a lot of information; in this case we would have to read a lot to find what we need. It’s a tedious job, but there is a solution
In the case of Windows and Mac, keyboard shortcuts have been implemented, which serve to open an internal word search engine in the content of the web where we are, that is, if we are on a page of traffic laws, and appears Lots of content and we need to know about bikes just enter the keyboard shortcut and type the word “motorcycles” in this way the site where this word is found will be highlighted in the content.
Using the keyboard of your Windows PC
To get this feature Windows offers us two input options, depending on the browser we are using, this does not change if we use the browser in incognito mode, one is to press the “F3” key, this will open the small search box in the browser the other option is “Windows + F”with this we will also have access to this useful search tool
With a Mac
In the operating system of the Apple, we can also get a shortcut to use it in the browser we are using, the shortcut is “Command + F” in the operating systems of Apple Apple the letter “f”, is dominant of (search) This gives us a convenient reference of what this shortcut on web pages is for. And is that this tool is unknown to many, who could take advantage of it and benefit from the time savings.
Now, we come to the part where we talk about the middle ground search focused on a specific part of a particular topic, and is that being more efficient is a clear advantage. Let’s see how to do this from the browsers available for it Microsoft Windows operating system and for iOS systems.
This tool is available for use on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and of course with the Safari browseravailable for MacOS operating systems, let’s see how it can be used in each of these browsers.
In Google Chrome
To achieve this we will access the website, as soon as you are inside the page then you will proceed to press together, “Windows + F”later we will enter the word we are looking for, then all the matches with what is written in the box will appear.
If you use Microsoft Edge
To perform this operation from the Microsoft browser, you must press the keys simultaneously “Windows + F” or the F3 keyat the top right below the general search box, the word search option will appear on the web page.
With Safari
In Safari the browser created for browsing on Mac operating system devices, you can search by using the keys simultaneously “Command + F” that in this way you will be able to get what you are looking for. It must be said that of all the above, this browser prevents access to your location without permissions, something good for our security.
Using Mozilla Firefox
Likewise, the Red Fox browser also has this effective tool by using “F3” and also uses the same combination of the above, accessing by “Start + F”, depending on the operating system in which it is installed.
