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How can I make Firefox show found search terms more clearly?

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When I search for something, I sometimes can't see an instance of that search term, although Firestorm acts as if it's showing it. (How) can I make Firefox show the matches it finds more clearly?

When I search for something, I sometimes can't see an instance of that search term, although Firestorm acts as if it's showing it. (How) can I make Firefox show the matches it finds more clearly?

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You are referring to finding text in a page? You can yet change the highlight color.

type about:config into the address bar and go accept the warning paste into the top search bar this term:

     ui.textSelectBackgroundAttention

in the dialog box below, select the String radio button click the check mark now you can click the pencil icon to edit the color

you can try colors and get the hex codes here: https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_picker.asp