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 in a new tab?
–Brave Version 1.8.90 Chromium: 81.0.4044.129 (Official Build) (64-bit)
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 search was made as well as presenting search results in a new tab. And it does it without needing an extra keyboard operation.
On the occasions I use Brave it is a nuisance to have an open tab overwritten after making a Ctrl+K search. For example, it can result in information entered into an online form being deleted and lost. I would prefer not to have to alter my workflow with the extra Alt+Enter step.
It seems odd that Brave’s settings cannot be changed to make the browser automatically open Ctrl+K search results in a new tab. It should be possible to achieve this behaviour.