That is when i click on a button it should fire browser's find event and browser's find pop up should appear.
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6Possible duplicate of [Use Browser Search (Ctrl+F) through a button in website?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8080217/use-browser-search-ctrlf-through-a-button-in-website) – frozen Jul 08 '17 at 19:17
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Possible duplicate of [How can I programmatically trigger the search of my browser?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41297650/how-can-i-programmatically-trigger-the-search-of-my-browser) – JJJ Jul 08 '17 at 19:18
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You can set your button to call Javascripts window.find function. Works in Chrome and Firefox and possibly Edge.
Javascript
findString = function findText(text) {
window.find(text);
alert("String \x22" + text + "\x22 found? " + window.find(text));
}
HTML
<p>Apples, Bananas, and Oranges.</p>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Apples")'>Search for Apples</button>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Banana")'>Search for Banana</button>
<button type="button" onClick='findString("Borange")'>Search for Borange</button>
Here is a website for reference.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/find
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I dont want the find to happen as given above. Just need the pop up to appear, How does the browser's find pop up appears when a user clicks Ctrl+F keys on a keyboard. Need to mimic that – user7920031 Jul 09 '17 at 08:11