Tips

Advanced search

Use + and - to specify required and to avoid words.

You can use the ?/* pattern to match one/many unknown characters. For example a query like html t* would return links for table, tr, td, etc.

You can do a fuzzy search by appending ~ to a single word query. It allows you to match a word even if there are typing mistakes. For example, searching for html ipnut~ would match links for input.

Search box focus

At all times, you can focus the search box by pressing [ctrl]+s.

Search results shortcuts

When searching, if there are only one matching link, the browser will automatically redirects you to the matching link. If there are more than one result, the first link will be focused so that hitting the [return] key will take you to that link. You can focus on the previous/next link by hitting the [up]/[down] arrow key.

Firefox smart keyword

You can add a smart keyword to Firefox for iSearch by right clicking on the search box, and choosing Add a Keyword for this Search. Now you can do a search by hitting [ctrl]+l to make Firefox focus the location bar, then typing the followed by the iSearch query. Go here for more information on smart keywords.