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Enables keyboard shortcuts for navigating Google search results in chrome

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Search™

A chrome extension that enables keyboard shortcuts for navigating Google search results. This extension mimics the functionality of the old Google keyboard shortcuts experiment that has been discontinued.

Keyboard Shortcuts

j or J Move to next search result
k or K Move to previous search result
n or N Move to the next page of results
p or P Move to the previous page of results
/ or <escape> Focus the search box
<enter> Navigate to the selected search result
<shift-enter> Navigate to the selected search result
? Show the help screen

TODO (unprioritized)

  • Add configuration screen to customize keystrokes, colors, etc.
  • Support other types of searchs (image search, video search, etc.)
  • Figure out a way to coexist with google instant.
  • Allow selection and navigation of ads.
  • If you hit next on the last item of a page or prev on the first item of a page switch pages?
  • What to do when the search button has focus and movement happens or enter/esc is pushed?
  • Add Google Analytics tracking to better understand the size of the userbase.
  • Shortcut for new window?
  • g-w Go to web search, g-i Go to image search, etc. Even on google home page.
  • Remember which item/page was selected if you choose to navigate to one and then hit the back button.

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Enables keyboard shortcuts for navigating Google search results in chrome


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