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Fix left and right arrow keys dont work in google search bar, the text cursor does not move

panchito95 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 03:54:13 GMT

It does not allow to move the text cursor to the left.

Example:

1- First step: type "hello world"

2- Second Step: select an option

3- Third Step: press ctrl + shift + left arrow, Select the last word, but it doesn't work

In google chrome if it works

Re: Fix left and right arrow keys dont work in google search bar, the text cursor does not move

panchito95 — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 04:03:31 GMT

fix this error please!

Re: Fix left and right arrow keys dont work in google search bar, the text cursor does not move

jscher2000 — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:49:46 GMT

The suggestion list is a custom feature of Google search, and what keys do is determined by scripts in the page. Those scripts could work differently in different browsers.

In Edge (which shares code with Chrome), on Windows, pressing Ctrl+Shift+Left after arrowing down causes the cursor to jump back up to the input form and flash at the right end where it was before arrowing down. The last word in the query isn't selected until I press Ctrl+Shift+Left again.

I don't know whether Google's scripts try and fail to work the same in Firefox or whether they do not even try to do that in Firefox. Because Google's scripting is very complex, I think it would make sense to ask Google about it on their forums first.

https://support.google.com/websearch/