233612 - Highlight text, Ctrl+E should put text in search field

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Search, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Blake Ross]

Just as the subject says...

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

I think it would be better for Ctrl+K to search for the selected text, so I
don't have to press Enter after pressing Ctrl+K.

Comment 2

[Richard Klein]

This should work with Ctrl+F as well.

Comment 4

[elic]

WORKAROUND:

Select the phrase that you want to search for. Use the keyboard shortcut CONTEXT+S (where the context buttin is the button to the right of the Windows key on the keyboard).

Works on Ubuntu, I presume it works on Windows too. There's probably something similar for Mac.

If for some reason the keyboard doesn't have a context menu key, SHIFT + F10 does the same thing in Firefox though it is an extra key.

Comment 5

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

(In reply to Richard Klein from comment #2)
> This should work with Ctrl+F as well.

This actually works, the OP is still not working.
There may be a problem if there is a selection on the page and the user selectes the search bar to change task (so unrelated to the selection), though it still seems an handy option with some benefits.