index.md

---

title: find
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/find
page-type: webextension-api
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extensions
  - Reference
  - WebExtensions
  - find
browser-compat: webextensions.api.find

---

{{AddonSidebar}}

Finds text in a web page, and highlights matches.

To use this API you need to have the "find" permission.

Functions

• {{WebExtAPIRef("find.find()")}}

  • : Find text in a web page.

• {{WebExtAPIRef("find.highlightResults()")}}

  • : Highlight the last set of matches found.

• {{WebExtAPIRef("find.removeHighlighting()")}}

  • : Remove any highlighting.

Browser compatibility

{{WebExtExamples("h2")}}

{{Compat}}