Text Node Searcher

Search for text in a web page

API

Contructor

• new TextNodeSeacher(Object options)

  Create a searcher for text nodes

Options

• container: Element (default: document.body)

  Search for nodes within the given container

• highlightTagName: String (default: "highlight")

  Use the given tag name for highlight elements

Methods

• setQuery(String query)

  Set the search query

• selectNext()

  Select the next text segment matching the query

• selectPrevious()

  Select the previous text segment matching the query

• highlight()

  Highlight matching search results

• unhighlight()

  Remove any highlighting of search results

Properties

• Element container

  The container within which text will be searched

• RegExp query

  The current query. Use setQuery unless you actually want to specify a regular expression.

TODO

• Match text that spans multiple text nodes

License

Fair