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Add Find In Page to your Desktop App
ToDesktop supports the native "find in page" feature you normally use in web browsers. ToDesktop provides the APIs you will need to implement the UI in your desktop app.
First up let's add some simple HTML (or JSX) for the input box (to get the text we want to look for) and buttons to start (& navigate) the search and to stop it. We also need to display the current match ordinal and the total number of matches.
HTML
JSX
<div class="find-in-page">
<input class="find-in-page-input"></input>
<button class="find-in-page-find-forward">
▶
</button>
<button class="find-in-page-find-backward">
◀
</button>
<button class="find-in-page-stop">
⏹️
</button>
<p>
<span class="find-in-page-active-match-ordinal">
0
</span>
<span>/</span>
<span class="find-in-page-matches">
0
</span>
</p>
</div>
{
// Only render this HTML if we are in the desktop app
window.todesktop &&
(
<div className="find-in-page">
<input className="find-in-page-input" />
<button className="find-in-page-find-forward">
▶
</button>
<button className="find-in-page-find-backward">
◀
</button>
<button className="find-in-page-stop">
⏹️
</button>
<p>
<span className="find-in-page-active-match-ordinal">
0
</span>
<span>/</span>
<span className="find-in-page-matches">
0
</span>
</p>
</div>
)
}
Now let's make our buttons actually work. We can use ToDesktop's
findInPage.find() and findInPage.stop() methods to start and stop the search.We also need to listen to the
found-in-page event to update the current match ordinal and the total number of matches in the UI accordingly.if (window.todesktop) {
// This block is only executed when running as a desktop app
const findForwardBtn =
document.querySelector(".find-in-page-find-forward");
const findBackwardBtn =
document.querySelector(".find-in-page-find-backward");
const stopBtn =
document.querySelector(".find-in-page-stop");
const input =
document.querySelector(".find-in-page-input");
const activeMatchOrdinalSpan =
document.querySelector(".find-in-page-active-match-ordinal");
const matchesSpan =
document.querySelector(".find-in-page-matches");
findForwardBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
// Find forward
const text = input.value;
window.todesktop.contents.findInPage.find(text);
});
findBackwardBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
// Find forward from the current position
const text = input.value;
window.todesktop.contents.findInPage.find(text, { forward: false });
});
stopBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
// Stop the search
window.todesktop.contents.findInPage.stop();
});
// listen to when find in page feature is being used
// and update the UI accordingly
todesktop.on("found-in-page", (event, result) => {
const { activeMatchOrdinal, matches } = result;
activeMatchOrdinalSpan.innerText = activeMatchOrdinal;
matchesSpan.innerText = matches;
});
}