# better-ctrl-f

> better-ctrl-f is a tool that improves the CTRL+F experience in your browser. Supports regex, case-insensitivity, and whole-word matching.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-ctrl-f](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-ctrl-f)

## Overview

- **ID:** `better-ctrl-f`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Adam
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-22
- **First published:** 2026-03-08
- **Size:** 244 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-16
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/better-ctrl-f/)

## Rankings

- #52,266 — Overall
- #27 — cmd/ctrl+m

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-ctrl-f)