Google Search Shortcut – Keyboard Shortcut to Access First Link

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What is the keyboard shortcut to access the first result in a Google search page?

Any "hacks" would be fine, as long as it does not require the mouse.

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Note: As of 2018 the answer is out of date. The triangle arrow next to the search result no longer appears.

Assuming you mean the first search result, this is already built in to Google!

Notice there is already a little ▶ arrow will next to the first search result. Turns out pressing enter after your search will navigate to that first search result automatically – note that you may need to press ↓ first to set the focus to it.

If you don't want the first search result, press ↓ again to move the arrow ▶ to the next result, etc, until you get the one you want.

Then press enter to navigate to the search result with the ▶ arrow.

Additionally:

  • pressing ctrl+enter opens the search result in a new tab.

  • pressing shift+enter opens the search result in a new browser window.

  • pressing → shows a screenshot for the given search result.

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This is a fairly new change and was rolled out with Google Instant Search in September 2010.

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