88241 - Keyboard accelerator for "Search" & "Go" buttons

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 62067

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, enhancement, P4)

Description

[doctor__j]

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We have keyboard accelerators for the "Go Back", "Go Forward", "Reload" and
"Stop" buttons in the Navigation Toolbar.  Can we give keyboard accelerators to
"Go" & "Search" buttons as well?

The reasons behind:
1. When the keyboard focus is NOT on the URL bar, I want to "Go" to a page as
shown in the URL bar.
2. When the keyboard focus is NOT on the URL bar, I want to "Search" the
Internet for the words in the URL bar.

We can do "Go Back", "Go Forward", "Reload" and "Stop" without having the
keybord focus on the URL bar.  It would be nice if we extend that keyboard
convenience into the "Go Back", "Go Forward", "Reload" and "Stop" buttons as well.

Comment 1

[timeless]

i so don't want this? it doesn't make sense in average cases.

ctrl-L <enter> should work for go.
for search, ctrl-L;<up>;<enter> probably works.

Comment 2

[timeless]

uid is being phased out.

Comment 3

[Aaron Leventhal]

How about Alt+a for search (underlined accesskey letter).

Comment 4

[Aaron Leventhal]

There is no "Go" button anymore.

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

actually, there is: you can add the Go button to the navigation toolbar from the
Navigator pref panel.

Comment 6

[R.K.Aa.]

Search is dup of/covered in bug 62067

Comment 7

[Aaron Leventhal]

Neil, what do you think we should do for it?

Comment 8

[Aaron Leventhal]

(In reply to comment #5)
> actually, there is: you can add the Go button to the navigation toolbar from the
> Navigator pref panel.
Okay, but even then you can use the Enter key to activate that.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 62067 ***