Safari Find Feature Gone

Hi all, I recently had to do a clean install of mountain lion and wipe everything off due to the fact that my mac has been acting up...maybe I had something that was not compatible with ML and just needed a fresh start, prob had so much crap I didn't need anyway.

Anyway...I used to have a feature on Safari that if I wanted to perform a search for word or phrase on a webpage I would just start typing and it would automatically start searching for it. Since my clean install I have to hit command-f and then type what I am looking for. I know it's not a big deal, but it's just one of those things you miss a lot once it's gone.

Anyone have any suggestions..

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks
iMac (27-inch Late 20

It should still be there type in the word in the URL bar and it will drop down a box with on this page as one of the options. I just checked mine and it works just fine.

Def not there...when I start typing the page does nothing. Could it be something I need to activate? I still have everything from pre-wipe backed up via time machine on my an external hd. Is there something like a preference I could look for in there?

CastorTroy said:

Anyway...I used to have a feature on Safari that if I wanted to perform a search for word or phrase on a webpage I would just start typing and it would automatically start searching for it.

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That's not available through any built-in functionality. In fact, incremental search that isn't explicitly launched would be frustrating for everyone if it were standard. Imagine trying to enter something into a textbox only to have your browser try to search instead.

Did you install any sort of extension to accomplish this?

Unless I am not understanding what the OP meant the screenshot I have of mine is the find feature I have had since day one of ML. Look at last line in the drop down box.

You still have to put the cursor in the address bar - you can't just start typing out of the blue.

bobtomay said:

You still have to put the cursor in the address bar - you can't just start typing out of the blue.

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i was not aware of that feature on any browser or OS.

bobtomay said:

You still have to put the cursor in the address bar - you can't just start typing out of the blue.

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osxx said:

i was not aware of that feature on any browser or OS.

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Nor would any of that make any sense. Like I noted, how would a browser differentiate between a request for a search and normal input?

I swear I'm not crazy. But when I started typing, the find field opened automatically(as if I pressed command-f) and start searching the page for the word or words I was searching for on that page. That was it, that's all there is to it.

I really miss the feature. It wasn't an add on or extension, I just thought it was part of Safari. Maybe it's a feature in Glims, I just reinstalled that, hope that helps.

Any other suggestions though..does anyone know what I am talking about at least?

Thanks

It could be a part of Glims but I don't think any of us will know what you're talking about especially since it sounds more like a bug than a feature.