An extension for Regex Search in lieu of Chrome's CTRL+F

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Version
1.0.8
Update
January 23, 2019
Size
34.43KiB
Developer
Category
Users
40,000+
Rating
3.90449 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
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Chrome Regex Search Extension

Highlight regex matches on the web page dynamically as you type.

Cycle through matches with ENTER and SHIFT+ENTER or by clicking the arrows with your mouse.

Customize highlighting and text color through the extension options.

You will need to refresh any tabs you already have opened to load the content script.

10/27/2015: Added case insensitive search option in options page

7/13/2016: Added \"file://*/*\" extension to manifest

7/30/2016: Updated package with pull request https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search/commit/c5ab1bbc33a1ec8ddd254b640b8786cc621e6644

9/2/2016: Updated package with pull request https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search/pull/6
This update adds search history to the popup, which is shown and hidden with the rightmost button

9/23/2016: Changed case insensitive search option to a toggle on popup

1/24/2019: Updated package with two pull requests to enable copy command and auto-focus on parent element.

This extension is open source: https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search

If you have any problems please report them to https://github.com/rogershen/chrome-regex-search/issues

Keyboard Shortcuts:
ENTER: select next regex match
SHIFT+ENTER: select previous regex match

To setup a Keyboard Shortcut to open the Popup:
In your browser, go to chrome://extensions/
Find 'Chrome Regex Search' and click the box
Type your custom command (ie CTRL+SHIFT+F)
Now whenever, you want to open the popup simply enter your custom command.

Extension Options can be found by right clicking the icon and selecting 'Options' or by going to chrome://extensions/ and clicking 'Options' in the row for 'Chrome Regex Search'
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Chrome Regex Search", "description": "An extension for Regex Search in lieu of Chrome's CTRL+F", "version": "1.0.8", "icons": { "16": "icons/icons_16.png", "24": "icons/icons_24.png", "32": "icons/icons_32.png", "48": "icons/icons_48.png", "64": "icons/icons_64.png", "72": "icons/icons_72.png", "96": "icons/icons_96.png", "128": "icons/icons_128.png", "256": "icons/icons_256.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icons/icons_16.png", "24": "icons/icons_24.png", "32": "icons/icons_32.png", "48": "icons/icons_48.png", "64": "icons/icons_64.png", "72": "icons/icons_72.png", "96": "icons/icons_96.png", "128": "icons/icons_128.png", "256": "icons/icons_256.png" }, "default_popup": "popup.html" }, "permissions": [ "activeTab", "storage" ], "background": { "scripts": ["js/background.js"], "persistent": true }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "http://*/*", "https://*/*", "file://*/*" ], "js": [ "js/content.js" ] } ], "commands": { "_execute_browser_action": { "suggested_key": { "windows": "Ctrl+Shift+F", "mac": "Command+Shift+F", "chromeos": "Ctrl+Shift+F", "linux": "Ctrl+Shift+F" } } }, "options_page": "options.html"}
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How to download and manually install Chrome Regex Search extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Chrome Regex Search extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Chrome Regex Search extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Chrome Regex Search extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Chrome Regex Search extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Chrome Regex Search extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Chrome Regex Search Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Chrome Regex Search extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Chrome Regex Search extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Chrome Regex Search extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Chrome Regex Search extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Chrome Regex Search extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Chrome Regex Search extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Chrome Regex Search extension file

Select and download the Chrome Regex Search extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Chrome Regex Search extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Chrome Regex Search extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Chrome Regex Search extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Chrome Regex Search extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Michael Lawler (ID: 0000004825916043) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/26/2023 It's great, used it for years. Unfortunately, FYI, it recently stopped working on particular pages. Even non regex plain text search coming back with zero results :/ I'm using it on Brave, Edge and Chrome and confirmed the same pages don't work across browsers. One example the `code` section within https://github.com/TryTryAgain/aws-iam-actions-list/blob/master/all-actions.txt ... that used to work, they must have changed something on the github side.

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Hiroki (ID: 00000061a55e1c7f) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 10/20/2023 doesn't work when I use ' | ' .

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Andrew Davis (ID: 0000007dfcc3f5be) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 10/16/2023 Not bad, but the interface looks strange -- the icons are hard to discern because the line art is so "thick"

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kirbyjason (ID: 000000d7ecf39c34) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 09/17/2023 Finds both search terms, then makes them both the same color? This is no good to me at all without color differentiation. Search term1=color 1, Search term 2=color 2. I'm trying to separate the two terms and see where they appear close-together, and see where they occur far apart. I cannot do this when they are highlighted the same color. How can you go to all the trouble of writing this almost great plugin, and not have at least an option to show the terms as highlighted by distinct or different colors? "So close, so close and yet so far." -Frankie Vallie

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John Reid (ID: 00000080b1449131) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 06/18/2023 Works fine for some static content, not well for dynamic content. Can't make any matches that break across different tags/nodes in the DOM, so if any of your text is in a span, has any formatting at all, etc, the search fails. So, for me, totally useless, unfortunately.