Firefox Search Box Keys
There are two keystrokes related to the built-in Firefox search box that I love.
Ctrl-k on Windows, Cmd-k on Mac, and Ctrl-j on Linux selects the search box. Until I found this I would do Alt-D/Cmd-L to select the Location Bar, and then Tab to the search box.
Once you are in the search box you can use Ctrl-Up/Down Arrow (Cmd-Up/Down Arrow on Mac) to cycle through the search engines.
Apr 2nd 2007
Interestingly, if you’ve taken the search box off of the browser and hit the keystroke it will take you to the default Firefox Google search page, and focus your cursor on the search box.
Apr 24th 2007
Ctrl+E also goes to the search box in Firefox 2 and above.It’s the more usual shortcut for search on Windows and isconsistent with Internet Explorer 7 and Outlook 2007.
A full list of Firefox shortcuts is athttp://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard.