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When I press Ctrl+F in Google Chrome and type for example patnact I want patnáct and patnact to be highlighted on page.
Since few week ago this feature has been disabled.
Can I enable it again, if so how?
user712092
Posted 2014-12-10T11:00:36.850
Reputation: 687
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I had the exact same problem. I was using Chrome in my native language which uses all the accents (č,š, á, é etc) and the search was working as you described. I switched Chrome back to English (in Settings-+Show advanced settings-Language and input settings) and it changed the search behavior - so patnáct would also match patnact.
dio
Posted 2014-12-10T11:00:36.850
Reputation: 72
Can you elaborate at least a little bit? As is, this answer seems to be VERY short on details. – killermist – 2015-01-24T02:37:18.003
1Díky. ;)
Setting english worked.
If chrome says "Google Chrome cannot be displayed in this language" ("V tomto jazyce systém Google Chrome nelze použít." ) then You have to select "English United Kingdom" as language. – user712092 – 2015-04-10T12:39:05.593
I am glad it helped :) – dio – 2015-04-11T13:11:38.157
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I don't think this is possible. You must either search for "patnáct" to highlight all instances of "patnáct",
or search for "patnact" to highlight all instances of "patnact".
This is a limitation of Google Chrome's "find in page" feature; and due to how little this affects most users, it is unlikely that it will be added any time in the near future.
Art Badger
Posted 2014-12-10T11:00:36.850
Reputation: 208
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Since Ctrl+F is disable, to enable it Please follow the below steps:
go to the Settings page, click on the + sign to show more Advanced settings.
now untick the option: Use hardware acceleration when available
Do a restart and check whether search within the webpage is working.
vembutech
Posted 2014-12-10T11:00:36.850
Reputation: 5 693
Thanks, but I can use ctrl+f and it finds exactly what I type. It used to ignore accents, and I want to enable it so searching for "e" is like searching for "é" or "ě". – user712092 – 2014-12-12T20:04:18.330
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Solved by removal of following file:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\Dictionaries\sk-SK-3-0.bdic
(local language Slovakia in my case - SK ) file:
==>> chrome switched to english and now i am able to search like before
AFwniow
Posted 2014-12-10T11:00:36.850
Reputation: 11
I didn't quite get what is your question, but if you want to search for "somwéord with ě" you just put it under "" and google will retrieve only that phrase. Not so word with e – malakrsnaslava – 2014-12-10T11:33:07.540
Describe your use case. I have no problem to search with or without accented letters in Chrome - Version 39.0.2171.95 m – Frantisek Kossuth – 2014-12-10T12:23:26.470