Is there such a Firefox add-on?

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  1. Rena

    Rena Level III

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    Hey guys, my name's Rena and I'm new here, so I'm not sure if I posted this in the right section. Please pardon me if I made a mistake!

    Anyway, I was wondering if there's such a Firefox add-on which automatically highlights a specific word (or phrase) when the page loads. I managed to find add-ons which highlight all occurrences of the word when you manually highlight it, but am actually looking for an add-on which automatically highlights the word on page load.

    Is there such an add-on?
    Thank you so much in advance!
     
  2. Zer0

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    Hi! I moved this to Computers and Tech forum.
    I don't know of any add-on that does this, but this can be accomplished using a GreaseMonkey script. Try asking in this forum: scripting-f51/ to see if anyone is willing to write this script for you.
     
  3. Lervendal

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    I think you should just hit ctrl+F and type word of phrase...
     
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  5. Tally

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    I don't think so, but there is a way that firefox will highlight a word as you type it. This can be done by going to:

    Tools > Options > Advanced > general tab > then check the box that says "Search for text when I start typing.
     
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  7. Rena

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    (Thank you for moving this to the right section, Zer0. Will note this next time when posting similar topics!)

    I'm asking this because I want to make use of such an add-on (if any) to restock, because my eyes are seriously terrible at scanning the page. Although I know they can be trained... but hehheh, just trying my luck xD

    Alright, I'll try out the methods suggested. Thank you so much, all!