Does command f scroll to words automatically like other browsers?

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Does command f scroll to words automatically like other browsers?

When I press Command+F I see that the searched words are highlighted but when I hit the arrows it merely jumps to the next word without scrolling the page. This kind of makes searching a large website pointless, as I'll have to scroll through manually anyway's. Yes, it does highlight the word but I would think hitting the arrows next to the Find function would scroll to the words automatically. It is kind of surprising that all the other browsers have this function and Safari doesn't? UNLESS, something is wrong with my Safari? (I have trashed preferences, cleaned cache, restarted Safari, you know all the basic protocol).

Hope someone can help me with this question.

Thanks a bunch.

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Dec 9, 2012 9:55 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 27, 2012 8:33 AM in response to wharfrat22

It would be good to get an answer/get this fixed. I've noticed this happening lately. It makes word searching almost pointless.

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Jan 27, 2013 7:10 PM in response to jonathan33

It would be great if someone could figure this out...Its a must have function for me.😢

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Nov 23, 2013 8:37 AM in response to wharfrat22

Safari 6.1 is broken. When I use the Command+F funtion, it works properly the first time, but then after that, it doesn't work properly. I'm using a macbook pro, and sometimes if I try using the swipe function on the trackpad to go back to the previous page, it doesn't work after using the command+F function.

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CT

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Nov 23, 2013 10:02 AM in response to wharfrat22

As shown in the Edit>Find menu, use command-f to find something, then use command-g to "find next" or shift-command-g to "find previous", scrolling included. Nothing is broken.

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wharfrat22 Author

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Nov 23, 2013 10:03 AM in response to wharfrat22

Since Safari 7 I no longer have this problem..

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Nov 23, 2013 3:43 PM in response to CT

It certainly appears to be broken on my macbook, ever since I ugraded to 6.1. I use the Find command regularly, and have been for years.

Now what seems to happen, is when I try to use the Find command for the first time in a browser window, it works normally, and I can search multiple times for different words on the same page.

Now, if I go to another page, then swipe back to any previous page in my history, then things start to go screwy. At this point, after swiping back to a previous page, if I use the Find command again, it doesn't work properly, and I can no longer scroll up and down on that page and none of the links work, and I have to open a new browser window or tab for it to work properly again.

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Nov 26, 2013 5:43 AM in response to Arghhh2013

Can't confirm. Does this occur in a different user account, e.g., Guest User? Does this occur when starting up in Safe Mode?

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