Add Window In-Field Search (Ctrl+F) with Highlighting & Minimap

AnkiWeb addon 405888752

Adds a Ctrl+F find bar to Anki's Add Cards window with inline highlighting, match minimap, and first-result focus.
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Updated
2025-11-28
Anki versions
25.09~
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Description

This add-on adds a true Ctrl+F search bar to Anki’s Add Cards window , with full-text highlighting inside the editor — similar to modern web browsers. It is ideal for users who create long, complex notes and want the ability to quickly locate text inside the editor while writing cards. 🔍 Features ✅ Ctrl+F to open a Find bar (like a browser) Press Ctrl+F in the Add window to reveal a small search bar placed neatly beside the bottom action buttons. Automatically focuses the input Automatically selects text in the field Press Enter to search Press Esc or click ✕ to close the bar 🎨 Inline highlighting (all matches) Search results inside the note editor are highlighted using the browser-style API CSS.highlights . 📍 Match minimap on the right side A tiny scrollbar "minimap" indicates all match positions within the note at a glance. 🧠 First-match focus After searching, the editor scrolls directly to the first result. 🛠 Top highlighter panel is shown only when searching The original highlighter panel ("0 Matches | Scroll: On | ⚙") appears only when the Find bar is active, and hides itself automatically when the bar is closed. 💡 Clean UI No Prev/Next buttons (Enter re-runs search) No extra space added when inactive Integrates seamlessly with Anki’s dark theme 🧩 Compatibility ✔ Fully supported on: Anki 23.10 and newer Anki 24.x Anki 25.x These versions use Qt6 WebEngine (Chromium ≥112) and support the Web Highlight API needed for modern text-highlighting. ⚠ Partial support: Anki 2.1.55 – 2.1.54 (Qt5 WebEngine) The search bar works Highlighting/minimap do NOT work (Chromium too old) ❌ Not supported: Anki 2.1.49 and older No modern WebEngine No CSS Highlights No dynamic editor injection Cannot function 🙏 Credits This add-on incorporates key components from the outstanding: Browser Search Result Highlighter by hssm (AnkiWeb: 1057317630) Specifically, the following files or portions of files from hssm’s work are used here or adapted: editor.js editor.css presets.js parser.py These provide the core highlighter engine, match minimap, and text parsing logic. Full credit goes to hssm for developing the original highlighter. All modifications in this add-on apply that engine to the Add window editor , add UI toggling, integrate with Ctrl+F, and add behavior specific to the Add Cards workflow. 📝 Source Code Available inside the add-on folder under: addons21/add_window_find_bar/ Includes: __init__.py (Python integration layer) JS/CSS assets for the editor Highlighter bridge code