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The search bar has the initial focus in a new page, so on a computer you can just start typing to start the search. On a mobile device, you have to tap the search bar to bring up the virtual keyboard.

By default, the first search result is highlighted in bold. Press ’Enter’ to navigate to the highlighted result.

Press the down arrow or the ’Tab’ key to move the highlight to the next result (wrapping around from the last result).

Press the up arrow or Shift-tab to move the highlight to the previous result (wrapping around from the first result).

The left and right arrow keys move the cursor within the input text in the usual way.

Press the ’Esc’ key to clear your input text. (Exception: while editing an advanced search term, the ’Esc’ key reverts the search term to its original value.)