Google-chrome – Keyboard Shortcuts for Google.com

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I can ALT+TAB to Chrome, then CTRL+T to a new tab, then type my request and hit ENTER, but then when I want to look into the first search result I need to take my hand off the keyboard to click it??

Surely someone can recommend a plugin which enables me to just press 1 to go to the first search result, 2 for the second, etc. Or something like that?

EDIT:
This Greasemonkey script offers precisely what I want, and appears to install perfectly well on Chrome – but doesn't work at all 🙁

Also, I'm using Google Chrome 4.0.249.43 on 64 bit Ubuntu 9.10.

Best Answer

I dunno if you guys know this yet. But google has introduced Keyboard shortcuts to their searches as an experiment. But for that, you must join their experiment.

After you join them, you can use these keyboard shortcuts in two modes..

Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigate search results quickly and easily, minimizing use of your mouse. Current keyboard shortcuts include:

Key     Action
J   Selects the next result.
K   Selects the previous result.
O   Opens the selected result.
<Enter>     Opens the selected result.
/   Puts the cursor in the search box.
<Esc>   Removes the cursor from the search box.

Accessible View

Navigate search results quickly and easily, with just your keyboard. As you navigate, items are magnified for easier viewing. If you use a screen reader or talking browser, the relevant information is spoken automatically as you navigate.

Current keyboard shortcuts include:

Key     Action
j or DOWN   Selects the next item.
k or UP     Selects the previous item.
l or RIGHT  Moves to the next category (results, sponsored links, refinements).
h or LEFT   Moves to the previous category (results, sponsored links, refinements).
<Enter>     Opens the selected result.
/   Puts the cursor in the search box.
n   Moves to the next result, and fetches more results if necessary.
p   Moves to the previous result, reloading earlier results if necessary.
=   Magnifies current item
-   Shrinks current item
A   Switches to Accessible Search Results
W   Switches to regular Web Search Results

For now, you need to use the Firefox 3 web browser with this experiment. Magnification already works with Google Chrome and Apple's Safari.

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