Finding text on web pages in Safari on iOS

A big drawback to using Safari on iOS is the inability to use a Find option to locate text on an open web page. If I'm reading a long article in Wikipedia, or any page with a lot of information on it, and I need to see specific text in the context of the whole article or page, that Find feature is as vital on Safari iOS as it is on browsers on Mac OSX or Windows. In fact, sometimes I retreat to my Mac just to do those page searches. This glaring omission was on iOS3, and, as far as I know, it remains on iOS7. I can't imagine Apple not trying to implement this feature, so there must be a big coding problem in iOS that prevents it's implementation.


Does anyone know of any way to accomplish the Find function in Safari iOS or any other iOS browser?


(NOTE: This is different from the Search field found on most websites.)

iPad, iOS 7.0.3

Posted on Nov 1, 2013 12:13 PM

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Nov 7, 2013 9:25 AM in response to Fastdude

1. Tap the address view.

2. Type the text you want to search for. (The URL should be pre-highlighted, so typing should overwrite it.)

3. Scroll down to the bottom of the search suggestions. There should be a "Find on Page" section at the end.


Note that looking in the "More Like This" section on the right side of the web page sometimes links to others with similar questions, like this one: https://discussions.apple.com/message/15032519#15032519

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Finding text on web pages in Safari on iOS

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