1. Open Web Inspector (tab 'elements') on any page 2. In the search field, type "img[src*=abc] 3. Notice that after typing the *, the devtools hang for about a minute Upstreaming http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=80513 The underlying cause is the presence of AdBlock which inserts extremely long CSS style blocks into <head>, so this issue will occur on any page with long <style> or <script> blocks.
Created attachment 94429 [details] [PATCH] Suggested solution
Created attachment 94431 [details] [PATCH] Fixed search result highlights for dynamic nodes
Another case exhibiting the lag issue: 1. Navigate to google.com 2. Open inspector using Ctrl+Shift+I 3. Go to Elements tab(if not there) and type google search 4. Hit enter and hold for 5 seconds. Inspector hangs and doesn't respond anymore. Upstreaming http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=82295
Comment on attachment 94431 [details] [PATCH] Fixed search result highlights for dynamic nodes Would be great if we could get rid of the node highlight delta.
Committed r87294: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/87294>