500252 - CTRL + F should close/disable the find bar if pressed again

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 250587

(Firefox :: Keyboard Navigation, enhancement)

Description

[Michael Kohler [:mkohler]]

After opening the find bar with CTRL + F, it should be possible to close it with CTRL + F again. Currently the only way to disable/close it is to click on the X.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Yeah, that could be a good idea. Although this is also the way to refocus if you want to type in another search term. So I'm not sure. Maybe another key?

Comment 2

[Michael Kohler [:mkohler]]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Yeah, that could be a good idea. Although this is also the way to refocus if
> you want to type in another search term. So I'm not sure. Maybe another key?

What's the difference between CTRL + F and CTRL + G? If there's no difference, we could use CTRL + G to close it.

Comment 3

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Ctrl + G seems still unused here.

Comment 4

[Michael Kohler [:mkohler]]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Ctrl + G seems still unused here.

Not on Linux. It seems to do the same thing CTRL + F does. Is there any argument against using CTRL + G for closing the find bar?

Comment 5

[Simon Bünzli]

(In reply to comment #0)
> Currently the only way to disable/close it is to click on the X.

... or to hit [Esc] while the find bar has the focus.

BTW: Ctrl+G stands for "Find Next" which yields different behavior after dismissing the find bar for the first time (same as [F3]).