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On a multipane web page, how do I make Firefox search in the pane I want?

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AnonymousUser
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When I search (Ctrl-F) on a multipane page, FF always searches in the leftmost pane, ignoring all others -- even if I click in the desired pane before typing Ctrl - F.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== FF has always behaved this way

When I search (Ctrl-F) on a multipane page, FF always searches in the leftmost pane, ignoring all others -- even if I click in the desired pane before typing Ctrl - F. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == FF has always behaved this way

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Morbus
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Hello Beth.

Can you give us an example where this happens?