Google Search Results Shortcuts

A browser extension that adds keyboard navigation to Google search results. Navigate search results, switch pages, and change search types without a mouse using Vim-like keybindings (hjkl).

Keybindings

Navigation

Key	Action
J / ↓	Focus next search result
K / ↑	Focus previous search result
L / →	Go to next page
H / ←	Go to previous page
/	Focus search input

Switch Search Type (Leader key: G)

Press G followed by one of the keys below to switch the search type.

Key	Action
A	All
I	Images
V	Videos
M	Maps
N	News
Shift+V	Verbatim (exact match)

Note

Keyboard shortcuts are automatically disabled while a form input (e.g. search box) is focused.

Installation

From Chrome Web Store

Build from Source

Prerequisites: mise

mise install
pnpm install
pnpm build

After building, open chrome://extensions, enable "Developer mode", and click "Load unpacked" to select the .output/chrome-mv3 directory.

For Firefox:

pnpm build:firefox

Development

pnpm dev

Starts a dev server with HMR for instant code reloading.

pnpm run typecheck   # Type check (tsgo)
pnpm run lint        # Lint + format check
pnpm run fix         # Auto-fix

Tech Stack

• WXT — Browser extension framework
• TypeScript + tsgo — Type checking
• Oxlint + Oxfmt — Rust-based linter / formatter
• Lefthook — Git hooks manager

License

MIT