diff --git a/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp b/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp
--- a/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/browserwindow.cpp
@@ -1148,7 +1148,12 @@
 void BrowserWindow::searchOnPage()
 {
     if (weView() && weView()->webTab()) {
-        weView()->webTab()->showSearchToolBar();
+        const QString searchText = weView()->page()->selectedText();
+        if (!searchText.contains('\n')) {
+            weView()->webTab()->showSearchToolBar(searchText);
+        } else {
+            weView()->webTab()->showSearchToolBar();
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.h b/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.h
--- a/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.h
+++ b/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     bool eventFilter(QObject* obj, QEvent* event);
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
+    void setText(const QString &text);
     void searchText(const QString &text);
     void updateFindFlags();
     void caseSensitivityChanged();
diff --git a/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.cpp b/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.cpp
--- a/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webtab/searchtoolbar.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     ui->previous->setShortcut(QKeySequence("Ctrl+Shift+G"));
 
     connect(ui->closeButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(close()));
-    connect(ui->lineEdit, SIGNAL(textChanged(QString)), this, SLOT(findNext()));
+    connect(ui->lineEdit, SIGNAL(textEdited(QString)), this, SLOT(findNext()));
     connect(ui->lineEdit, SIGNAL(returnPressed()), this, SLOT(findNext()));
     connect(ui->next, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(findNext()));
     connect(ui->previous, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(findPrevious()));
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@
     searchText(ui->lineEdit->text());
 }
 
+void SearchToolBar::setText(const QString &text)
+{
+    ui->lineEdit->setText(text);
+}
+
 void SearchToolBar::searchText(const QString &text)
 {
     QPointer<SearchToolBar> guard = this;
diff --git a/src/lib/webtab/webtab.h b/src/lib/webtab/webtab.h
--- a/src/lib/webtab/webtab.h
+++ b/src/lib/webtab/webtab.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     void showWebInspector(bool inspectElement = false);
     void toggleWebInspector();
 
-    void showSearchToolBar();
+    void showSearchToolBar(const QString &searchText = QString());
 
     bool isRestored() const;
     void restoreTab(const SavedTab &tab);
diff --git a/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp b/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp
--- a/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webtab/webtab.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
         delete m_splitter->widget(1);
 }
 
-void WebTab::showSearchToolBar()
+void WebTab::showSearchToolBar(const QString &searchText)
 {
     const int index = 1;
 
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@
     }
 
     Q_ASSERT(toolBar);
+    if (!searchText.isEmpty()) {
+        toolBar->setText(searchText);
+    }
     toolBar->focusSearchLine();
 }