<![CDATA[Find on page - show activity]]>When viewing a large document I use the find on page feature to search a word, but it's not clear that the browser is doing anything for about 10 seconds until results appear. I assumed there are no matches and close the find box.

A spinner, or other indication of activity, would be useful when a find query is submitted and the results are yet to be displayed. Preferably in the space reserved for search result summary text like "1 of 16" or "No matches found"

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/39769/find-on-page-show-activityRSS for NodeFri, 10 Apr 2026 18:01:29 GMTSun, 12 Apr 2020 20:07:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:41:14 GMT]]>@colonel-sanders No need to. What you should do is to open a new topic for the problem you've mentioned and to which I replied:

@colonel-sanders said in Find on page - show activity:

Also on a large document, sometimes when I start a second search I see incorrect status text on the find on page bar, such as "0 of 1" or "16 of 0" until the task completes

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206358https://forums.opera.com/post/206358Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:41:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:42:18 GMT]]>@leocg Sorry I didn't understand. Perhaps you could delete this thread, and I'll make a new post with only the improved text. I have a copy

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206355https://forums.opera.com/post/206355Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:42:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:31:30 GMT]]>@colonel-sanders But I didn't reply to your first post, so my comment wasn't about it.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206352https://forums.opera.com/post/206352Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:31:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:56:46 GMT]]>@leocg I couldn't find a way to edit my original post for clarification after you suggested that my suggestion wasn't a suggestion, so I posted again a clearer suggestion to make it more obvious that the suggestion is in fact a suggestion and suitable for the suggestions category

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206345https://forums.opera.com/post/206345Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:56:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:08:47 GMT]]>@colonel-sanders Why repeating what you have already said in the first post?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206342https://forums.opera.com/post/206342Mon, 13 Apr 2020 14:08:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:24:42 GMT]]>Suggestion:
Add a spinner to the "find on page" bar when the browser is indexing/searching the page. The spinner could be where the search results summary is.

Justifications:

  • When searching a large page there is no indication of activity
  • User may assume there are no results when its still searching
  • Stale/wrong search result summary could be replaced by spinner (e.g. "0 of 1" or "16 of 0") instead of fixed
]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206337https://forums.opera.com/post/206337Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:24:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:42:31 GMT]]>@colonel-sanders Seems something for another topic, since it's not a request or suggestion.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206327https://forums.opera.com/post/206327Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:42:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Find on page - show activity on Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:32:58 GMT]]>Also on a large document, sometimes when I start a second search I see incorrect status text on the find on page bar, such as "0 of 1" or "16 of 0" until the task completes

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/206318https://forums.opera.com/post/206318Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:32:58 GMT