Google Ctrl-Arrow

By Yevgen Gorshkov — Last update Dec 16, 2007 — Installed 2,877 times.


Script Summary: Advanced keyboard navigation for Google search services. Script is compatible with Customize Google extension and does not break "find as you type" Firefox option, supports Steam search and redesign userstyles. <b>New: autoupdate notification!</b>

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Changelog

2007-12-16:
  • (NEW!) configurable automatic script update notification
  • removed visible garbage at the end of the page when Steam search is enabled
  • fixed hint visibility on page load
2007-10-05:
  • fixed bug in detecting active query input element
2007-09-23:
  • code rewritten in OOP style using Mootools-based library. More code, better readability (let's hope)
  • CustomizeGoogle Steam search support (web and image searches)!
  • added Google Books and Catalogs searches
  • better support for YouTube movies in Google web search results
  • updated support for Google Groups search (added new @include urls)
  • GCA hint now correctly placed on both old and new Google layouts
2007-09-19:
  • added themes support for better compatibility with Google redesign userscripts (e.g. http://userstyles.org/styles/1693)
  • added simple theme autodetection. Supports: default Google style, 'dark blue' and 'dark gray' redesigns by Valacar
  • rewritten help and settings window to correctly show scrollbar (Ctrl-F1)
2007-05-20:
  • updated CSS to fix problems with Google's new layout. Thanks Logan Koester <logan (at) logankoester.com>
  • fixed hidden search results details when the last item selected
  • few code cleanup
2007-04-27:
  • fixed Blogsearch support (new layout)
  • partially fixed Google Groups search (new layout)
  • updated service URLs
  • new option to select search result when it is clicked with middle button
2007-04-24:
  • fixed hidden result details bug when scrolling down through the results (works for all search results types)
  • removed onload event for better performance on pages with images
2006-12-20:
  • Added basic Google Blog Search support

Google Ctrl-Arrow allows you to navigate Google search results using keyboard. Currently Web, Images, Groups and News search services are supported.

This script is compatible with CustomizeGoogle Extension and fixes its onresize update issue for images.google.com. If CustomizeGoogle, GCA script emulates its function and rewrites image links to point stright to original images.

Google Ctrl-Arrow Hotkeys:

Ctrl-F1
Show/hide help window
Ctrl-Space
Change tab mode - open links in a new or current tab
Ctrl-SingleQuote
Change navigation mode - select input queries with Up/Down navigation or nor
Up / Down
Move cursor to the previous / next results entry
Ctrl-Left / Right
Move to the previous / next search results page (Yandex.ru - like behaviour)
Ctrl-Up
Set focus to the input query
Ctrl-Down
Release focus or move cursor to the next results entry
Esc
Release focus and activate current entry
Return
Open current link in a new or current tab (if no other element has focus)
Alt-Return
Submit current search (top input) if input query is not focused
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