Find Toolbar Tweaks

Important Notice

Most current version is 1.x for Firefox 2.0. Due to massive change on Find Toolbar code, I had to rewrite FTT nearly from the scratch. Some features on 0.9.x are dropped from 1.0.
If you are using Fx 1.5, you should use version 0.9.4.

Short description

This is a Firefox extension to tweak features and display of the Find Toolbar.
I think close button on the left side is not beautiful ;-)

Features

1. Move the close button on the right-side end: See the screen shot below.
You can select position from 4 options. Right, Center (after labels displayed), Left (Firefox default), and hide it.
2. Close Toolbar by double click: No need to explain, I guess.
3. Hide "Match case" check box: This option is not so useful in Japanese (non-ASCII) environment.
4. When wrapped, change the color of input box: When the search reaches the last (or top) of page, color of input box changes to yellow.
5. Add a context menu: From the context menu, you can open a setting window. You also can close Find Toolbar from here.
6. Hide button labels: You can hide the labels of these buttons; Find next, Find previous, Highlight all.
7. Clear button: Clear text of the input box. Borrowed from Findbar Basics by CatThief.
8. Show buttons on Quick Find Bar: You can use the same buttons as normal search bar on Quick Find bar.
9. Close Toolbar by page click: You can disable this behavior via setting window for normal search mode. Please note that this setting dose not affect to FAYT mode.
10. "Previous Word" button: Input previous seach word on the last session. If you are using FAYT mode, it might be useful when you accidentally closed find toolbar, or when you want to seach multiple tabs with the same word.
11. Auto "Highlight All": Automatically "Highlight All" as you type letters. Default setting is 3 letters, that is, if you type 3 or more letters, "Highlight All" will be evoked without pushing button. You can change the number of letters from 2, 3, 4 letters on Options window.
12. Search Word History: Each time you close the toolbar, the search word is added to history.
It should be recalled just like the URL bar.
13. Super Highlight: Not only the search word but the surrounding texts should be highlighted via "Highlight all".
Disabled by default cause it dosen't work well in some situations. Requires restarting Firefox to enable.

known problem

1. "Close button" disappears on hover with Mostly Crystal theme: This problem should be fixed on 1.2.1. If no go, add these lines on your userChrome.css.

/* Fix FTT close button issue on Mostly Crystal */
#find-closebutton-tweak:hover,
#find-closebutton-tweak:hover:active {
-moz-image-region: rect(16px 16px 32px 0px) !important;
}
2. Double close button with Winestripe theme: Winestripe theme has a built in CSS to disalbe QuickFind, namely;

/* find-as-you-type */
#FindToolbar > * {
display:-moz-box
}

This prevents FTT from working correclty.
If you want to hide the original close button (left side), add these lines on your userChrome.css.

/* Fix double close button issue on Winestripe */
#find-closebutton {
display: none !important;
}

Future plans

Add option to show/hide the label of status message when wrap.
"Whole word search" support.
Regular expression support.
Firefox 3 support.

Install

Get the latest version from addons.mozilla.org.

Alternatively, you can install from this page.
I guess you know the .xpi install procedure. Clicking the link below with Firefox should start install process. Or save the file via "Save Link As...", and open it with Firefox.

Feedback

Mail me at . Both English and Japanese accepted.

Thanks

The icon displayed on Tool | Extension is from Ushikai and Icon's Room. Thank you.
The code of Clear button is from Findbar Basics by CatThief. Thank you CatThief for kind permission.
This extension is dedicated to late Nigel McFarlane; the author of Firefox Hacks, and other books and articles.

Change log

2007/12/31 ver 1.2.1: Fixed problem with moved close button display.
Fixed extra icons in search field on Mac.
German and Spanish (Spain) locale is supported (again).
2007/11/5 ver 1.2.0: Added Search Word History.
Added Super Highlight.
Added Polish locale. (Translated by Proyecto Nave. Dzięki.)
Added Russian locale. (Translated by npa111. Спасибо.)
To my regret, German and Spanish (Spain) locale is not supported.
2007/4/15 ver 1.1.1: Tried to improve Auto "Highlight All" function.
Added Spanish (Spain) locale. (Translated by Proyecto Nave. Gracias.)
Added Finnish locale. (Translated by npa111. Kiitos.)
2007/3/08 ver 1.1.0: Added Auto "Highlight All".
Improved Option window.
Icons are added on clear button and previous word button.
Added Simplified Chinese locale. (Translated by WangKing. 谢谢.)
Added Traditional Chinese locale. (Translated by velociraptor. 謝謝.)
Added Dutch locale. (Translated by markh. Dank.)
Added French locale. (Translated by jojaba. Merci.)
Added German locale. (Translated by Team erweiterungen.de, ReinekeFux. Danke.)
2006/11/23 ver 1.0.2: Added "Previous Word" button.
Fixed Enter key behavior with normal mode (Ctrl +F).
Fixed the label of status message problem when wrap.
Added Italian locale. (Translated by Underpass. Grazie.)
2006/10/29 ver 1.0.1: Added "Close Toolbar by page click" feature.
Fixed setting window problem on Japanese locale.
2006/10/01 ver 1.0: First version for Firefox 2.0.