How to programmatically launch WebView2's Find function. #1737

RajeshAKumar · 2021-09-13T23:41:22Z

We have a HTML page in local WPF app using WebView2, but want to highlight occurrences of a search phrase in the page.
WebView2 does a very nice job of showing this when invoked by user.
We want to leverage this function programmatically.

Can you please guide?

AB#36194641

champnic · 2021-09-16T05:34:41Z

Hey @RajeshAKumar - I don't think we currently have a way to do this. Would you like me to add this as a scenario on our backlog?

Symbai · 2021-09-16T10:41:19Z

want to highlight occurrences of a search phrase in the page.

This can be done via executing a javascript calling window.find() already. For more info see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/find

RajeshAKumar · 2021-09-16T18:03:32Z

want to highlight occurrences of a search phrase in the page.

This can be done via executing a javascript calling window.find() already. For more info see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/find

Want to highlight "all" the words like how Edge/ Edge control does when we use CTRL + F.

RajeshAKumar · 2021-09-16T18:04:05Z

Hey @RajeshAKumar - I don't think we currently have a way to do this. Would you like me to add this as a scenario on our backlog?

Yes please log this.
Also is there any way to make this work by "Sending CTRL + F" to the control?
I could not make that work either?

champnic · 2021-09-16T23:02:05Z

@RajeshAKumar I've added this as a scenario on our backlog - thanks!

RajeshAKumar · 2021-09-16T23:11:32Z

want to highlight occurrences of a search phrase in the page.

This can be done via executing a javascript calling window.find() already. For more info see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/find

I tried that and it highlights one time, once we click the page, the highlight goes away.
We want to replicate the Edge control CTRL + F behavior or something close where all matches are shown and scrollbar is marked to indicate where they are in page.

ajtruckle · 2022-01-11T19:43:25Z

Proper support for this would be great please.

ajtruckle · 2022-02-05T15:34:47Z

@RajeshAKumar you said:

WebView2 does a very nice job of showing this when invoked by user.

How can I do this with WebView2? I know how to invoke Find / Find Next in CHtmlView using an ExecWB call. It displays its own window with Find / Find Next capabilities etc. But WebView2?

RajeshAKumar · 2022-02-05T18:12:14Z

@RajeshAKumar you said:

WebView2 does a very nice job of showing this when invoked by user.
How can I do this with WebView2? I know how to invoke Find / Find Next in CHtmlView using an ExecWB call. It displays its own window with Find / Find Next capabilities etc. But WebView2?

Can you explain this via APIs to understand how to use this?
I would want the window to go away with options selected and window with matching text highlighted.

ajtruckle · 2022-02-05T18:14:31Z

@RajeshAKumar ? My screen shot is of CHtmlView which is unrelated to WebView2.

RajeshAKumar · 2022-02-05T18:17:45Z

My issue is to solve this via API in WebView2 in WPF.

ajtruckle · 2022-02-05T18:18:43Z

I guess I miss-read your original text.

frankdekker · 2022-04-13T19:36:58Z

My issue is to solve this via API in WebView2 in WPF.

I'm also looking for an API to search on the page. The current Microsoft Edge native find dialog steals focus from the main window and when pressing escape doesn't give it back. Kinda breaking the user experience when do quick searches.

The API from CefSharp worked quite well:

// start a find
WebView2.Find(string int identifier, string searchText, bool forward, bool matchCase, bool findNext)
// callback for each time the find reports back
WebView2.FindResultCallback += (int identifier, int count, Rect selectionRect, int activeMatchOrdinal, bool finalUpdate) => {}
// stop the search
WebView2.StopFinding(bool clearSelection)

To be able to build a UI that fits more with the application WebView2 is integrated with:

ajtruckle · 2022-04-19T07:21:53Z

FYI, I did just try adding this to a custom context menu:

wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2ContextMenuItem> itemFind;
CHECK_FAILURE(webviewEnvironment->CreateContextMenuItem(
	L"Find", nullptr,
	COREWEBVIEW2_CONTEXT_MENU_ITEM_KIND_COMMAND, &itemFind));

CHECK_FAILURE(itemFind->add_CustomItemSelected(
	Callback<ICoreWebView2CustomItemSelectedEventHandler>(
		[appWindow = this, target](ICoreWebView2ContextMenuItem* sender, IUnknown* args)
		{
			appWindow->m_pImpl->m_webView->ExecuteScript(L"window.find()", nullptr);

			return S_OK;
		})
	.Get(), nullptr));
CHECK_FAILURE(items->InsertValueAtIndex(itemsCount, itemFind.get()));
itemsCount++;

It doesn't work. Nothing shows on screen. When I used the CHtmlView control this was a simple task:

m_pHtmlPreview->ExecWB(OLECMDID_FIND, OLECMDEXECOPT_PROMPTUSER, nullptr, nullptr);

Is there any updates on this issue? Thank you.

ajtruckle · 2022-04-27T07:21:48Z

Hi @champnic !

I have now managed to use SendInput to invoke the Find window via my context menu:

// ===============================================================
wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2ContextMenuItem> itemFind;
CHECK_FAILURE(webviewEnvironment->CreateContextMenuItem(
	L"Find (CTRL + F)", nullptr,
	COREWEBVIEW2_CONTEXT_MENU_ITEM_KIND_COMMAND, &itemFind));

CHECK_FAILURE(itemFind->add_CustomItemSelected(
	Callback<ICoreWebView2CustomItemSelectedEventHandler>(
		[](ICoreWebView2ContextMenuItem* sender, IUnknown* args)
		{
			// Create an array of generic keyboard INPUT structures
			std::vector<INPUT> vIP(4);
			for (int n = 0; n < 4; ++n)
			{
				vIP.at(n).type = INPUT_KEYBOARD;
				vIP.at(n).ki.wScan = 0;
				vIP.at(n).ki.time = 0;
				vIP.at(n).ki.dwFlags = 0; // 0 for key press
				vIP.at(n).ki.dwExtraInfo = 0;
			}

			vIP.at(0).ki.wVk = VK_CONTROL;
			vIP.at(1).ki.wVk = 'F';

			vIP.at(2).ki.wVk = 'F';
			vIP.at(2).ki.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP;

			vIP.at(3).ki.wVk = VK_CONTROL;
			vIP.at(3).ki.dwFlags = KEYEVENTF_KEYUP;

			SendInput(4, vIP.data(), sizeof(INPUT));

			return S_OK;
		})
	.Get(), nullptr));

CHECK_FAILURE(items->InsertValueAtIndex(itemsCount, itemFind.get()));
itemsCount++;
// ===============================================================

This works fine:

My only request is that the Search bar be improved. The CHtmlView counterpart is richer:

wusyong · 2022-05-24T05:35:26Z

FWIW, electron also has this kind of feature

michaldivis · 2022-07-14T05:31:19Z

I'd love to have this feature as well.

CiccioIV · 2022-08-06T12:41:32Z

As a workaround, I did it by using the Winform SendKeys class .
You can use it in wpf apps too, by adding true in the project properties

  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>net6.0-windows</TargetFramework>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
    <UseWPF>true</UseWPF>
    <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
  </PropertyGroup>

then, in my click method, I've first passed the focus to the webview2 (browser) element.
Then, called the SendWait method with "{F3}" as parameter

        private void openSearch(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            this.browser.Focus();
            System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{F3}");
        }

not the most elegant way, perhaps. But it works.

jebihug · 2022-08-16T06:18:56Z

Can't find a way to close the find UI programmatically.

champnic · 2022-08-16T19:10:56Z

@jebihug You could probably send an Escape key to dismiss the UI.

jebihug · 2022-08-17T05:21:49Z

@champnic This is not working. Especially when the browser don't have the focus and when there is many browsers opened and I want to close the find UI of one of them.

ajtruckle · 2024-02-11T18:24:18Z

But we also want the default dialog improved. It is lacking basic find controls. Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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ajtruckle · 2024-03-27T04:53:44Z

@nishitha-burman @champnic

I am interested as to how this API is progressing as the suggested ETA was 1-3months and we are at 2months now. 😀

BTW is @nishitha-burman OK as they seemed to go off the radar. 🤗

victorhuangwq · 2024-03-27T17:30:21Z

Hi @ajtruckle, from what I can see this item is indeed being picked up and being worked on. Do note that 1 - 3 months was an estimate and not a strong guarantee, as there might be unexpected complications that arises.

And thanks for your concern, @nishitha-burman is fine.

ajtruckle · 2024-05-07T19:31:41Z

@victorhuangwq
I see that the Find dialog has been updated in Edge and WebVie22:

So, when will be able to invoke this properly via API?

victorhuangwq · 2024-05-07T19:42:43Z

@ajtruckle looking at the current API proposal here: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Feedback/pull/4399/files?short_path=a4e657f#diff-a4e657fb3aef3cc7b9a09b13af805de25931fdb082b2a93aeea46e45de10bb90

It seems like both match case and match whole word should be available options in the API.

ajtruckle · 2024-05-07T20:04:47Z

@victorhuangwq

Cool. Do you know when the stable API will be released?

victorhuangwq · 2024-05-07T20:22:43Z

As you can see, it's still in the works. I'm unable to promise you a timeline.
But either @maxwellmyers or I will keep you (and this thread) posted whenever we have any updates.

ThHeidenreich · 2024-08-26T11:19:34Z

@victorhuangwq Any new info about the api release? We are now on the end of august... Would be very nice to have...

ajtruckle · 2024-08-26T11:30:37Z

I know they have been beavering away at updating the documentation and adjusting the text from staging to release. So, I guess any time now. 😀 I am interested in the official status too. Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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zooguest · 2024-09-14T15:51:19Z

We have a HTML page in local WPF app using WebView2, but want to highlight occurrences of a search phrase in the page. WebView2 does a very nice job of showing this when invoked by user. We want to leverage this function programmatically.

Can you please guide?

AB#36194641

Ohhhh. Today is the anniversary of this question. 3 years. Almost done man ;)

ajtruckle · 2024-09-14T15:53:38Z

@zoobesucher Oh yes! 3 years. Wow!

nirdil · 2024-10-11T11:01:29Z

@champnic any updates on this?
It's a crucial functionality and there's no known workarounds for this.

ajtruckle · 2024-10-13T18:13:47Z

@nirdil @champnic
A long time ago there were lots of tweaks to the documentation. Then nothing. So I have no idea I am afraid.

Optimierungswerfer · 2024-10-14T07:54:16Z

Ever since the mass layoffs and subsequent AI hype, I feel like there have not been many resources left dedicated to projects like WebView2 by Microsoft. I just wish they would handle it as free and open source software, so that the people who need this functionality implemented could at least do something about it themselves. I faintly remember the WebView2 team stating intentions to open source it a few years ago.

nirdil · 2024-10-14T08:32:37Z

Would have been great if it was open source and maintained by the community.
@champnic any way to make that happen?

ajtruckle · 2024-10-14T08:37:30Z

If it went open source, then none of the things are raised would be looked at. Personally, I have no energy these days for additional things beyond my TODO list, let alone the knowledge. They must have their reasons fo delaying, so I respect that.

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champnic · 2024-10-16T17:00:43Z

Hey all - This is still being worked on. It ran into some issues during implementation that we have mostly solved at this point. Right now the estimate is that this will be available as a stable API with the version 132 release SDK, which should ship around mid-January.

micilini · 2025-01-02T00:43:08Z

I have a solution my friends!!!

I have an application made with C# and WPF, with WebView2 and like to open Find Dialog when user click on my button (Open Find Dialog programatically).

For this, I need to download this package:

Install-Package InputSimulator

And this is my method:

using WindowsInput;

private void OpenSearchBox()
{
    myWebView.Focus();//This will focus WebView

    //This will simulate CTRL + F:
    var sim = new InputSimulator();
    sim.Keyboard.ModifiedKeyStroke(WindowsInput.Native.VirtualKeyCode.CONTROL, WindowsInput.Native.VirtualKeyCode.VK_F);
}

If you are using WindowsForms, try using SendKeys:

using System.Windows.Forms;

private void SimulateCtrlF()
{
    myWebView.Focus();//This will focus WebView
    SendKeys.Send("^(f)"); //This will simulate CTRL + F:
}

Works like a charm!

maxwellmyers · 2025-01-24T18:53:10Z

Hi all!

The FindOnPage API is now available as an experimental API in 1.0.3079-prerelease.

Using this API, your app can programmatically control Find operations, enabling you to:

Customize Find options (Find Term, Case Sensitivity, Word Matching, Match Highlighting, Default UI Suppression).
Find text strings and navigate among them within a WebView2 control.
Programmatically initiate Find operations and navigate Find results.
Track the status of Find operations (completion of find operations, events for match count and match index changing).

Please give it a try and let us know if you have any feedback!

ajtruckle · 2025-01-24T19:01:41Z

@maxwellmyers
Thanks. So I change to prerelease nuget package. But I can use stable edge? Only want to change what I have to. Thanks for confirming.

victorhuangwq · 2025-01-24T19:02:56Z

It's currently only in prerelease SDK, so you would need to use Edge Canary to test the feature.

victorhuangwq · 2025-01-24T19:06:27Z

cc @pushkin-

ajtruckle · 2025-01-25T17:04:15Z

I have deleted most of my comments and consolidating them into a single comment so that nothing is overlooked.

Using Canary Runtime

In the end I had to modify the user environment variables for my application to pickup the canary runtime.

Trying to do it programmatically appeared to have no effect:

CHECK_FAILURE(options->put_ReleaseChannels(COREWEBVIEW2_RELEASE_CHANNELS_CANARY));
CHECK_FAILURE(options->put_ChannelSearchKind(COREWEBVIEW2_CHANNEL_SEARCH_KIND_LEAST_STABLE));

WebView2Find API Documentation

The proposed code snippets caused me issues for two reasons:

The interfaces it refers to are different from the ones I needed to use.
There are issues with the code.

Interfaces

I had to use the following interfaces:

auto webView2Environment18 = m_pImpl->m_webViewEnvironment.try_query<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalEnvironment18>();
wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindOptions> find_options;
auto webView2Environment29 = m_pImpl->m_webView.try_query<ICoreWebView2Experimental29>();
wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFind> webView2Find;
ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler

Macros

The CHECK_FEATURE_RETURN macro can't be used in the proposed InitializeFindOptions method. This is because it returns true upon success. So I adapted by adding a new macro:

#define CHECK_FEATURE_RETURN_NULL(feature) { if (!feature) { FeatureNotAvailable(); return nullptr; } }

The sample code should be revised.

Methods

The sample code is using a different method for starting the find operation. I have to use:

webView2Find->Start

The documentation sample should be changed.

Completed Handler

Finally, I am unable to use the completed handler, as provided in the sample:

		Callback<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler>(
			[this](HRESULT result, BOOL status) -> HRESULT
			{
				if (SUCCEEDED(result))
				{
					// Optionally update UI elements here upon successful Find operation.
				}
				else
				{
					// Handle errors.
				}
				return S_OK;
			}).Get()) );

I had to replace it with nullptr. Otherwise I get these build errors:

6>  EdgeWebBrowser.cpp
6>  C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(354,60): error C2064: term does not evaluate to a function taking 1 arguments
6>  (compiling source file '/EdgeWebBrowser.cpp')
6>      C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(354,60):
6>      class does not define an 'operator()' or a user defined conversion operator to a pointer-to-function or reference-to-function that takes appropriate number of arguments
6>      C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(354,60):
6>      while trying to match the argument list '(T)'
6>          with
6>          [
6>              T=HRESULT
6>          ]
6>      C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(354,60):
6>      the template instantiation context (the oldest one first) is
6>          D:\My Programs\2022\MeetSchedAssist\Meeting Schedule Assistant\EdgeWebBrowser.cpp(2101,3):
6>          see reference to function template instantiation 'Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<TDelegateInterface> Microsoft::WRL::Callback<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,CWebBrowser::ConfigureAndExecuteFind::<lambda_3>>(TLambda &&) noexcept' being compiled
6>          with
6>          [
6>              TDelegateInterface=ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,
6>              TLambda=CWebBrowser::ConfigureAndExecuteFind::<lambda_3>
6>          ]
6>          C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(460,45):
6>          see reference to function template instantiation 'Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<TDelegateInterface> Microsoft::WRL::Details::DelegateArgTraits<HRESULT (__cdecl ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler::* )(HRESULT)>::Callback<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,Microsoft::WRL::NoCheck,T>(TLambda &&) noexcept' being compiled
6>          with
6>          [
6>              TDelegateInterface=ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,
6>              T=CWebBrowser::ConfigureAndExecuteFind::<lambda_3>,
6>              TLambda=CWebBrowser::ConfigureAndExecuteFind::<lambda_3>
6>          ]
6>          C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(367,9):
6>          while compiling class template member function 'Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<TDelegateInterface>::ComPtr(Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<U> &&,Details::EnableIf<Microsoft::WRL::Details::IsConvertible<U*,T*>::value,void*>::type *) noexcept'
6>          with
6>          [
6>              TDelegateInterface=ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,
6>              T=ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler
6>          ]
6>          C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(367,9):
6>          see reference to class template instantiation 'Microsoft::WRL::Details::IsConvertible<Microsoft::WRL::Details::DelegateArgTraits<HRESULT (__cdecl ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler::* )(HRESULT)>::DelegateInvokeHelper<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,T,Microsoft::WRL::NoCheck,HRESULT> *,ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler *>' being compiled
6>          with
6>          [
6>              T=CWebBrowser::ConfigureAndExecuteFind::<lambda_3>
6>          ]
6>          C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\internal.h(67,35):
6>          see reference to class template instantiation 'Microsoft::WRL::Details::DelegateArgTraits<HRESULT (__cdecl ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler::* )(HRESULT)>::DelegateInvokeHelper<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,T,Microsoft::WRL::NoCheck,HRESULT>' being compiled
6>          with
6>          [
6>              T=CWebBrowser::ConfigureAndExecuteFind::<lambda_3>
6>          ]
6>          C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\winrt\wrl\event.h(352,35):
6>          while compiling class template member function 'HRESULT Microsoft::WRL::Details::DelegateArgTraits<HRESULT (__cdecl ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler::* )(HRESULT)>::DelegateInvokeHelper<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler,T,Microsoft::WRL::NoCheck,HRESULT>::Invoke(HRESULT) noexcept'
6>          with
6>          [
6>              T=CWebBrowser::ConfigureAndExecuteFind::<lambda_3>
6>          ]

Observations

When I invoke the Find window (which works) I don't actually "see" the find options):

I would like to activate the Find Options toggle so that it is initially visible.

ajtruckle · 2025-01-25T17:38:36Z

@champnic @maxwellmyers @pushkin-
Consolidated my findings (no pun intended 🤭) See ☝️

ajtruckle · 2025-01-25T19:04:32Z

ChatGPT helped me with the completion handler issue and it seems the help documentation needs updating. I had to remove the BOOL status parameter so now we have:

	// Start the Find operation with a callback for completion.
	CHECK_FAILURE(webView2Find->Start(
		find_options.get(), 
		Callback<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindStartCompletedHandler>(
			[this](HRESULT result) -> HRESULT
			{
				if (SUCCEEDED(result))
				{
					// Optionally update UI elements here upon successful Find operation.
				}
				else
				{
					// Handle errors.
				}
				return S_OK;
			}).Get()) );
			// End user interaction is handled via UI.

The application now compiles and displays the Find dialog seamlessly—thank you for that! 🙏 However, I still believe it would be a great enhancement to include a toggle feature for the Find Options, allowing users to show or hide them as needed.

pushkin- · 2025-01-27T17:33:41Z

nevermind, looks like I can't instantiate the FindOptions directly and need to use the CreateFindOptions API

ajtruckle · 2025-01-27T17:40:40Z

@pushkin-
Yes, that's how the docs described doing it for Win32:

wil::com_ptr<ICoreWebView2ExperimentalFindOptions> find_options;
CHECK_FAILURE(webView2Environment18->CreateFindOptions(&find_options));

Just a pity we can't also toggle the find options to be visible. Would be very useful.

ajtruckle · 2025-01-28T10:46:12Z

I have created new tickets for the above feedback.

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champnic mentioned this issue Jan 8, 2022

Does WebView2 support the Find window yet? #2066

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Porting this code from CHtmlView to WebView2 #871

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Add API to open/close the find dialog programmatically #2316

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Is there a way to find string in web content？ tauri-apps/wry#585

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How can I adapt this code to use put_ChannelSearchKind instead of a folder when initialising with Win32? #5055

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