Currently hitting Tab goes to top-bar / side-bar options and then the first search result. Is there any such keyboard shortcut that will directly focus on search results?
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Are you talking about Google Search?– aleOct 17, 2012 at 4:14
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@AlEverett Yes. Updated the title.– user13107Oct 17, 2012 at 4:29
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When I hit tab in Chrome or Firefox I get to the first search result. Subsequent hits on tab bring me to the next result.– aleOct 17, 2012 at 16:03
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1For me too in FF pressing Tab causes a small ► to show up to the left of the 1st search result, and then I can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the results list.– KaranOct 17, 2012 at 20:17
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Tested on a clean profile of the latest stable release on Firefox - tab does focus to the first search result. It seems that an extension/preference is disrupting this behaviour. Try clearing all of your data (Ctrl+Shift+Del) and then try again.– Wk_of_AngmarOct 19, 2012 at 22:24
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The shortcut F7 could be handy in this case. It will enable you to browse the page using keyboard
Browser update fixed it. Al Everett is correct. "When I hit tab in Chrome or Firefox I get to the first search result. Subsequent hits on tab bring me to the next result."
There is an add-on for Firefox that allows to navigate Google search results using keyboard arrows (or tab):
Google™ Search Result Shortcuts by Jacob
Adds keyboard shortcuts back to Google search results
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-result-shortcuts/
Another useful feature is that if you navigate through results and then resume with typing (characters) it re-focus on the search box.
