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I'm using lots of Google tools and most of them have keyboard shortcuts -- but none of them work on Google Chrome. When I press keys (in Gmail, in Google Reader, etc.) then Chrome opens the in-page search box instead of invoking the shortcut action.
The same keyboard shortcuts work just fine on Firefox15 on the same Win7 computer.
I've looked in Chrome's settings (including the advanced settings) but I didn't see anything that looked relevant. I searched both SU and webapps.SE but found nothing. Ironically, Google can't answer this either.
How can I make Chrome send my keypresses to the webpage (Gmail etc.) rather than starting an on-page text search?
Torben Gundtofte-Bruun
Posted 2012-10-08T18:37:21.143
Reputation: 16 308
You don't have find-as-you-type installed, do you? – Der Hochstapler – 2012-10-08T18:47:40.630
@OliverSalzburg: Bingo! I checked, and there was one called "Type-ahead-find". I've disabled that and reloaded Gmail, now it works. But now I don't have type-ahead search anymore ;-p How does Firefox handle this? In Ffox, there's a standard setting "Search for text when I start typing" (not an extension) and that somehow automatically works on pages that don't have shortcuts, and leaves Gmail etc. alone. – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun – 2012-10-08T18:51:38.177
It was actually just a suspicion. I have no real experience. Sorry :( – Der Hochstapler – 2012-10-08T20:37:20.010
which keys in particular? They work fine here. – Sathyajith Bhat – 2012-10-09T04:12:18.523
@Sathya: Oliver already solved the mystery. – Torben Gundtofte-Bruun – 2012-10-09T11:41:27.887