An extension for Regex Search in lieu of Chrome's CTRL+F
Chrome Regex Search Extension
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'
Source Manifest.json
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