Finally, Firefox now supports Chrome’s Text Fragments in Firefox 126

First version of Text Fragments is present in Firefox 126 Nightly

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Updated onApril 8, 2024

updated onApril 8, 2024

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Mozilla has finally added support forText Fragments(formerly known asScroll to Text Fragment) to Firefox 126. The feature is being tested in Nightly; here is how you can enable and use it.

Firefox gets Text Fragments support in Version 126

Chromeintroducedthe Scroll to Text Fragments feature in 2020. This featureallowsusers to link directly to a specific part of a web page using a text snippet embedded within the URL. When the link is opened in a supported browser (like Chrome), it automatically highlights and scrolls to the part that part of the page.

Text Fragments has been supported by Safari, and Chromium browsers like Microsoft Edge, Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, and Android browsers. The feature is being actively used by Google in search results.There is a demand from usersfor Firefox to support it also. Finally, Firefox supports text fragments, currently in Nightly.

How to enable and use Text Fragments in Firefox

Creating Text Fragment Links in Firefox

Example URLs:

Original URL: https://blog.google/products/chrome/google-chrome-safe-browsing-real-time/

Text Fragment URL (highlights “Chrome will display an alert”):https://blog.google/products/chrome/google-chrome-safe-browsing-real-time/#:~:text=Chrome%20will%20display%20an%20alert

Original URL: https://windowsreport.com/v8-sandbox-available-chrome-123/

Text Fragment URL (highlights “beta release”):https://windowsreport.com/v8-sandbox-available-chrome-123/#:~:text=beta%20release

When you copy and navigate to the above text fragments, Chrome and Firefox both highlight them. However, Firefox uses a different highlight color. This is the only noticeable difference. Both browsers offer similar functionality for creating links, highlighting text, and scrolling to specific sections.

The Text Fragments feature is currently being tested by Mozilla in Firefox 126 Nightly. However, only aninitial versionof the feature has been implemented, and the company still has a lot of work to do to bring it on par with Chrome in terms of functionality and bug fixes.

In other news related to Firefox,Mozilla has partnered with Qwantand allows to use it as a Search engine from the URL bar in the browser. And,Firefox may get Vertical Tabs like in Edge.

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Finally, Firefox now supports Chrome’s Text Fragments in Firefox 126

Firefox gets Text Fragments support in Version 126

How to enable and use Text Fragments in Firefox