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Add a "Find in post" / text search within the block editor
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Description
What problem does this address?
Add an in-editor "Find" (text search) function so users can jump to a specific
word or section within a post they're editing, rather than manually scrolling.
Problem it solves
There is currently no way to search for text inside a post while editing it in
the app. For longform posts this means a lot of scrolling up and down to locate
a section. A user reported switching from the phone to a laptop specifically
because the desktop browser's find function lets them locate a section quickly,
whereas the app does not offer an equivalent. That device-switching workflow is
also what led to their edits being overwritten by an older version, so an
in-editor find would remove the need to switch devices for this reason.
Proposed behavior
- A "Find" action available while editing a post (e.g. from the editor overflow
menu or a search icon). - Typing a term highlights/jumps to matches within the post content.
- Optional: next/previous match navigation for multiple hits.
Customer request on 11556005-zen
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the block editor editing screen and inspect how its overflow menu or other editor actions are exposed. Define the supported search interaction, including match highlighting or jumping and whether next/previous navigation is included; done means users can find text within the post without leaving the editor.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100