Google Search Focus : Greasemonkey UserScripts
One thing about Google search that irritates me is that the search input box don't have accesskey attribute. Once I do a search, the only way to focus the search input field is to grab the mouse - and I hate that. This script only works on google search result pages(SERPs). If you press 'Alt+s' in a result page, the search text input field will be focused. Very useful if you want to refine your search.
Install Script
To install, you must have the greasemonkey extension for firefox browser. If you have it, click the link and choose "Install".
Comments
If you don't mind, I will write it as a post in my weblog. Thank you.
I changed a couple of things though:
1. I changed the key combination to Alt+l, so now I can type it more comfortably.. also useful since Ctrl+l highlights the url bar.
2. As it stands, the script gives focus to the search bar, and you append to the previous term... I added 'search.select();' so that it highlights the whole thing.
Good work, very useful.
Great script! I took the part I needed, i.e. this two-liner, to get focus on the search input always;
var search = document.getElementsByName("q")[0];
search.focus();
Cheers,
Olle
// @include http://google.co*/*q=*
// @include http://www.google.co*/*q=*
to this
// @include http://google.*/*q=*
// @include http://www.google.*/*q=*
to make the script work for other domains, like country specific ones.
a, strong, em, b, i, code, pre, pandbrallowed. Other tags will be shown as code(< will become <). Urls, Line breaks will be auto-formated.