Search and Find tools in Firefox for Android
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- Creator: scoobidiver
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- Reviewed by: mluna
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Firefox for Android includes tools for making web and text searching easy with less typing.
Table of Contents
Search engines
Firefox for Android includes built-in search for Google, Amazon, Twitter and Wikipedia.
- To start your search, tap the Title bar or + at the top of any screen.
- Type your search keyword.
- The list of built-in search engines appears.
- The list of built-in search engines appears.
- Tap the engine you want to use to complete your search.
- The search is performed by the chosen engine and results are narrowed to that site. This example shows the result of choosing Amazon.com to complete a search for the word flowers.
Find in page
Firefox 14 for Android does not support text selection or find-in-page, but it is fixed in the latest version!
Find in Page
- To use Find in page, tap the main menu > More and select Find in page.
- Type the word you want to find.
- The word gets highlighted on the screen.
- Use the up or down arrows to move to the next instance of the word.
Search engines
Firefox for Android includes built-in search for Google, Amazon, Twitter and Wikipedia.
- To start your search, tap the Title bar at the top of any screen.
- Type your search keyword.
- The list of built-in search engines appears.
- Tap the engine you want to use to complete your search.
- The search is performed by the chosen engine and results are narrowed to that site.