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Google, why did you remove the '/' keyboard shortcut to refocus the search bar?! đĄ
This was one of my favorite and most used shortcuts on google.com â pressing '/' used to instantly focus the search bar so I could quickly edit my search query. Now it's gone and I have to manually click into the box every time. Why would you remove such aâĻ
This was one of my favorite and most used shortcuts on google.com â pressing '/' used to instantly focus the search bar so I could quickly edit my search query. Now it's gone and I have to manually click into the box every time. Why would you remove such a simple, useful feature? đĄ Anyone else notice this, or know a workaround?
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What???
He's not talking about edge?
F6.
This press "/" feature is browser independent. It focuses the bar rendered on the website google.com, not the browser one.
F6 focuses the address bar, which isn't the same if Google isn't your primary search engine.
It still works for me. Maybe it's something your browser has changed? (I'm using Brave.)
OP didn't mention which browser they are using. You can still access Google using the Edge browser.
Check whether it works with all your extensions disabled.
`CTRL` + `K`.
Still works for me (MS Edge)