diff --git a/third_party/blink/public/web/web_node.h b/third_party/blink/public/web/web_node.h
index 62688012b5f1c5..64dba34d7a0794 100644
--- a/third_party/blink/public/web/web_node.h
+++ b/third_party/blink/public/web/web_node.h
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class BLINK_EXPORT WebNode {
 
   WebVector<WebElement> QuerySelectorAll(const WebString& selector) const;
 
+  // Returns the contents of the first descendant element, if any, that contains
+  // only text, a part of which is the given substring.
+  WebString FindTextInElementWith(const WebString& substring) const;
+
   bool Focused() const;
 
   WebPluginContainer* PluginContainer() const;
diff --git a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/build.gni b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/build.gni
index 6434527a99a16c..fb914afef53772 100644
--- a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/build.gni
+++ b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/build.gni
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ blink_core_sources_dom = [
 blink_core_tests_dom = [
   "abort_signal_test.cc",
   "attr_test.cc",
+  "container_node_test.cc",
   "document_statistics_collector_test.cc",
   "document_test.cc",
   "dom_node_ids_test.cc",
diff --git a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.cc b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.cc
index 76c96806834f9c..3675f393711986 100644
--- a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.cc
+++ b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.cc
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 #include "third_party/blink/renderer/platform/instrumentation/use_counter.h"
 #include "third_party/blink/renderer/platform/runtime_enabled_features.h"
 #include "third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/casting.h"
+#include "third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/wtf_size_t.h"
 
 namespace blink {
 
@@ -1253,6 +1254,24 @@ unsigned ContainerNode::CountChildren() const {
   return count;
 }
 
+bool ContainerNode::HasOnlyText() const {
+  bool has_text = false;
+  for (Node* child = firstChild(); child; child = child->nextSibling()) {
+    switch (child->getNodeType()) {
+      case kTextNode:
+      case kCdataSectionNode:
+        has_text = has_text || !To<Text>(child)->data().empty();
+        break;
+      case kCommentNode:
+        // Ignore comments.
+        break;
+      default:
+        return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return has_text;
+}
+
 Element* ContainerNode::QuerySelector(const AtomicString& selectors,
                                       ExceptionState& exception_state) {
   SelectorQuery* selector_query = GetDocument().GetSelectorQueryCache().Add(
@@ -1571,6 +1590,19 @@ RadioNodeList* ContainerNode::GetRadioNodeList(const AtomicString& name,
   return EnsureCachedCollection<RadioNodeList>(type, name);
 }
 
+String ContainerNode::FindTextInElementWith(
+    const AtomicString& substring) const {
+  for (Element& element : ElementTraversal::DescendantsOf(*this)) {
+    if (element.HasOnlyText()) {
+      const String& text = element.TextFromChildren();
+      if (text.Find(substring) != WTF::kNotFound) {
+        return text;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return String();
+}
+
 Element* ContainerNode::getElementById(const AtomicString& id) const {
   // According to https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-id, empty IDs are
   // treated as equivalent to the lack of an id attribute.
diff --git a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.h b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.h
index 5e7a8ef0b28d17..49e9502f0866f5 100644
--- a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.h
+++ b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.h
@@ -111,12 +111,17 @@ class CORE_EXPORT ContainerNode : public Node {
   bool HasOneChild() const {
     return first_child_ && !first_child_->HasNextSibling();
   }
+
+  bool HasChildCount(unsigned) const;
+  unsigned CountChildren() const;
+
   bool HasOneTextChild() const {
     return HasOneChild() && first_child_->IsTextNode();
   }
-  bool HasChildCount(unsigned) const;
 
-  unsigned CountChildren() const;
+  // Returns true if all children are text nodes and at least one of them is not
+  // empty. Ignores comments.
+  bool HasOnlyText() const;
 
   Element* QuerySelector(const AtomicString& selectors, ExceptionState&);
   Element* QuerySelector(const AtomicString& selectors);
@@ -146,6 +151,10 @@ class CORE_EXPORT ContainerNode : public Node {
   RadioNodeList* GetRadioNodeList(const AtomicString&,
                                   bool only_match_img_elements = false);
 
+  // Returns the contents of the first descendant element, if any, that contains
+  // only text, a part of which is the given substring.
+  String FindTextInElementWith(const AtomicString& substring) const;
+
   // These methods are only used during parsing.
   // They don't send DOM mutation events or accept DocumentFragments.
   void ParserAppendChild(Node*);
diff --git a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node_test.cc b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..08cdef666530ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Chromium Authors
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/container_node.h"
+
+#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/editing/testing/editing_test_base.h"
+#include "third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/text/atomic_string.h"
+#include "third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/text/wtf_string.h"
+
+namespace blink {
+
+using ContainerNodeTest = EditingTestBase;
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, HasOnlyTextReturnsFalseForEmptySpan) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(<body><span id="id"><span><body>)HTML");
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(GetDocument().getElementById(AtomicString("id"))->HasOnlyText());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, HasOnlyTextReturnsFalseForNonTextChild) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(<body><div id="id"><div>Nested</div><div><body>)HTML");
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(GetDocument().getElementById(AtomicString("id"))->HasOnlyText());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, HasOnlyTextReturnsTrueForSomeText) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(<body><p id="id"> Here is some text <p><body>)HTML");
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(GetDocument().getElementById(AtomicString("id"))->HasOnlyText());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, HasOnlyTextIgnoresComments) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(
+    <body>
+      <p id="id"> Here is some text
+        <!-- This is a comment that should be ignored. -->
+      <p>
+    <body>
+  )HTML");
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(GetDocument().getElementById(AtomicString("id"))->HasOnlyText());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, CannotFindTextInElementWithoutDescendants) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(<body><span id="id"></span></body>)HTML");
+
+  String text = GetDocument().FindTextInElementWith(AtomicString("anything"));
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(text.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, CannotFindTextInElementWithNonTextDescendants) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(<body><span id="id"> Hello
+      <span></span> world! </span></body>)HTML");
+
+  String text = GetDocument().FindTextInElementWith(AtomicString("anything"));
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(text.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, CannotFindTextInElementWithoutMatchingSubtring) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(<body><span id="id"> Hello </span></body>)HTML");
+
+  String text = GetDocument().FindTextInElementWith(AtomicString("Goodbye"));
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(text.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, CanFindTextInElementWithOnlyTextDescendants) {
+  SetBodyContent(
+      R"HTML(<body><span id="id"> Find me please </span></body>)HTML");
+
+  String text = GetDocument().FindTextInElementWith(AtomicString("me"));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(String(" Find me please "), text);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, CanFindTextInElementWithManyDescendants) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(
+      <body>
+        <div id="id">
+          <div>
+            No need to find this
+          </div>
+          <div>
+            Something something here
+            <div> Find me please </div>
+            also over here
+          </div>
+          <div>
+            And more information here
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+          Hi
+        </div>
+      </body>
+    )HTML");
+
+  String text = GetDocument().FindTextInElementWith(AtomicString(" me "));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(String(" Find me please "), text);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, FindTextInElementWithFirstMatch) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(
+      <body><div id="id">
+        <div> Text match #1 </div>
+        <div> Text match #2 </div>
+      </div></body>
+    )HTML");
+
+  String text = GetDocument().FindTextInElementWith(AtomicString(" match "));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(String(" Text match #1 "), text);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ContainerNodeTest, FindTextInElementWithSubstringIgnoresComments) {
+  SetBodyContent(R"HTML(
+    <body>
+      <p id="id"> Before comment, <!-- The comment. --> after comment. <p>
+    <body>
+  )HTML");
+
+  String text = GetDocument().FindTextInElementWith(AtomicString("comment"));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(String(" Before comment,  after comment. "), text);
+}
+
+}  // namespace blink
diff --git a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node.cc b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node.cc
index cffa5e9a05df6a..0afaba812e4655 100644
--- a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node.cc
+++ b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node.cc
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ WebVector<WebElement> WebNode::QuerySelectorAll(
   return WebVector<WebElement>();
 }
 
+WebString WebNode::FindTextInElementWith(const WebString& substring) const {
+  ContainerNode* container_node =
+      blink::DynamicTo<ContainerNode>(private_.Get());
+  if (!container_node) {
+    return WebString();
+  }
+  return WebString(container_node->FindTextInElementWith(substring));
+}
+
 bool WebNode::Focused() const {
   return private_->IsFocused();
 }
diff --git a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node_test.cc b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node_test.cc
index 1442465f8ed98d..e594771adfde93 100644
--- a/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node_test.cc
+++ b/third_party/blink/renderer/core/exported/web_node_test.cc
@@ -87,4 +87,25 @@ TEST_F(WebNodeSimTest, IsFocused) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(input_node.IsFocusable());
 }
 
+TEST_F(WebNodeTest, CannotFindTextInElementThatIsNotAContainer) {
+  SetInnerHTML(R"HTML(
+    <div><br class="not-a-container"/> Hello world! </div>
+  )HTML");
+  WebElement element = Root().QuerySelector(AtomicString(".not-a-container"));
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(element.IsNull());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(element.FindTextInElementWith("Hello world").IsEmpty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(WebNodeTest, CanFindTextInElementThatIsAContainer) {
+  SetInnerHTML(R"HTML(
+    <body class="container"><div> Hello world! </div></body>
+  )HTML");
+  WebElement element = Root().QuerySelector(AtomicString(".container"));
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(element.IsNull());
+  EXPECT_EQ(WebString(" Hello world! "),
+            element.FindTextInElementWith("Hello world"));
+}
+
 }  // namespace blink