Search is best with a keyboard icon

Search is best with a keyboard

by chris · Accessibility
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Tab/Shift+Tab and arrow keys jump between search results on Google and DuckDuckGo. Works in Firefox and Chrome — no mouse required.

Users
8
+1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#209K
#175K among extensions
Version
1.1.0
updated 4 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 1 months
048Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 8 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 1 months
001Sep 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Search is best with a keyboard

Press Tab on a Google or DuckDuckGo results page and focus jumps straight to the first result. Press Tab again to move down the list, Shift+Tab to move back up, or use the arrow keys. Press Enter to open the result you're on. Your hands never leave the keyboard. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Tab (anywhere on the page) — jump focus to the first search result Tab — next result Shift+Tab — previous result Down arrow — next result, without scrolling the page Up arrow — previous result, without scrolling the page Enter — open the focused result Every other key behaves exactly as it did before. The extension only acts when you press one of the keys above. WHERE IT WORKS Google — google.com plus every Google country domain (google.co.uk, google.de, google.no, google.co.jp, and around 190 more) DuckDuckGo — duckduckgo.com The list of results is rebuilt on every keypress, so navigation keeps working when the page re-renders — toggling a Google search filter, or DuckDuckGo loading more results as you scroll. PRIVACY Nothing is collected, stored, or transmitted. No account, no background process, no network requests, no analytics. The extension asks for no permissions beyond running its content script on Google and DuckDuckGo search pages; no other site is touched. OPEN SOURCE The whole extension is about 100 lines of vanilla JavaScript, MIT licensed, with no dependencies and no build step. Read all of it in a couple of minutes: https://github.com/xoChrisCo/search-is-best-with-a-keyboard If a search engine changes its markup and navigation breaks, open an issue — or send a pull request with the updated selector.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+1+14.3%00.00
30 days+1+14.3%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.1.04 Sep 2026

Details

Category
Accessibility
First seen
4 Sep 2026
Size
10 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
mpcldhcjaiaeplhjhjjjohckgiaonhin

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 1, likelihood 3

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