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How can I search Firefox Help for a phrase and not get results for the isolated individual words?

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EDC109
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Let's say I'm experiencing a situation where the Firefox window always stays on top, unless it is minimized to the task bar--and I want to search Firefox Help for a solution. I search for the phrase "always on top" (with or without the quotes) and get a bunch of results where just "always" or just "top" appear in the text. How can I get results where only the complete phrase appears?

Let's say I'm experiencing a situation where the Firefox window always stays on top, unless it is minimized to the task bar--and I want to search Firefox Help for a solution. I search for the phrase "always on top" (with or without the quotes) and get a bunch of results where just "always" or just "top" appear in the text. How can I get results where only the complete phrase appears?

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philipp
philipp
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hi, you can search for exact phrases in a quote using our advanced search from at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/search/advanced

Using Advanced Search

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that you can access Advanced search via the "Contributors Tools" drop-down list at the top of the forum page if you are logged in. It might be best to sort by the date of the last post