Arrow keys to select search engine feature broken in latest version.

[TalGarik]

same issue here with 1488.35 on Kubuntu

[climblinux]

@Gwen-Dragon no it is not solved. I was hoping that it would be ultra-fast but the latest update neglected to fix this problem.

[climblinux]

@Gwen-Dragon I am actually going to go to chill with firefox for awhile while they work this out. My hobby is spoken-language learning and I can't work effectively with this search engline selection bs clogging up my information pipeline.

[TalGarik]

this issue is still real with 2.5 stable (Kubuntu 18.04)

[TbGbe]

@climblinux said in Arrow keys to select search engine feature broken in latest version.:

I use a relatively even mixture of DuckDuckGo, wikipedia, wiktionary and SpanishDict for hundreds of searches per day, and needing to click on the drop-down arrow each time to switch is infuriating.

Simply as a workaround, as this is a keyboard action, could you use the Search Engine Nicknames to select the desired engine?

[TalGarik]

@TbGbe engine nicknames don't work in the search box

[TbGbe]

@TalGarik But they work in the url bar. As I said, just a workaround suggestion.

[TalGarik]

@TbGbe absolutely, but if I use the address bar I lose the web address of the page where I am even if I am getting the search result in a new tab, that does not happen using the search box. Of course there are workarounds - personally I use Vimium and I have set all of my engines in the Vimium bar, shift+o and I get what I want - but then what is the point of having a search box? the issue is especially annoying when @ruario had said that it would have been fixed in 2.5 and it seems that is has been fixed in Windows but not on Linux.

[TbGbe]

@TalGarik said in Arrow keys to select search engine feature broken in latest version.:

but if I use the address bar I lose the web address of the page where I am even if I am getting the search result in a new tab,

I understand, but if you opened a new tab first? Or used F2 command with the shortcut?
However, I agree a workaround isn't as easy/automatic as if the bug did NOT exist.

[freekarol]

It also doesn't work on Windows. I hoped it will be fixed in Vivaldi 2.5.1525.43 but no...

[iAN CooG]

Make sure you don't have any of Caps Lock/Num Lock/Scroll Lock on. It's those that make the keyboard not working on the search field.

[freekarol]

@iAN-CooG You were right. After disabling Num Lock it works. Previously, it worked even with Num Lock on. Thanks for your helpful advice.