Chrome's working on two text-search upgrades that you'll actually use

Google Chrome offers a trove of advanced tools, including the likes of Gemini integration, Safe Browsing, Tab Groups, Live Captions, and more, but it’s often the simplest tools that make the biggest difference in everyday browsing. Chrome’s Find in Page is one such tool, and it looks like it’s only going to get better.

The tool, which lets you find specific words or phrases on a webpage, could soon get two new features that make finding and navigating search results a lot easier.

Google’s working on giving Find in Page the ability to match case, alongside new buttons to skip over results that are already visible on your screen, as shared by @Leopeva64 on X.

Chrome’s current word search is completely case-insensitive, which means it doesn’t distinguish between uppercase and lowercase letters. For example, searching for the word “Web” will highlight instances of “Web, “web,” and even “WEB.” That limitation can be annoying when you’re looking for something case-specific. Up until now, users have relied on third-party extensions for their case-sensitive search needs, though that approach might soon not be required.

In Chrome Canary, Google has been spotted giving Find in Page a dedicated Match case button.

Eagle-eyed users would have also spotted two new arrow icons next to the Match case button in the image above. Those are the buttons for the other big Find in Page upgrade.

The buttons are labeled Previous outside view and Next outside view, respectively. While the regular Previous and Next buttons take you to the previous or next word search result, the new buttons let you entirely skip over results that are already visible on your screen.

So, for example, if you search for the word “Google,” and there are numerous instances of the word in your current view, tapping the Next outside view button will skip all visible matches and jump to the next result further down the page. Previous outside view does the same, but in the opposite direction.

The two features combined aren’t necessarily huge, but they’re welcome quality-of-life improvements that could make Find in Page a whole lot more convenient, especially when it comes to searching through lengthy pages with several matches.

Note that both features are still in testing. It’s unclear if and when they’ll make their way to the stable Chrome experience.