To quickly make a search from an open webpage viewed in a tab I hit Ctrl+k. This brings focus to url/search bar. After entering the search term and hitting enter the search results open in the current tab. Is there a setting that can be adjusted to make results from searches made in this way open …

You can try: Alt + Enter to open in New Tab Shift + Enter to open in New Window

Thanks for your response. Alt+Enter gets the result I want, but it’s not the way I’d like to get there. My primary browser is Firefox. Its settings can be changed such that every search initiated by Ctrl+K automatically opens in a new tab. This preserves the content of the tab from which the searc…

Feel free to submit a feature request for that. :slight_smile:

OK, why not? I’ve nothing to lose.

Open search result in new tab

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