mtn
mtn MegaDork
2/10/09 6:41 a.m.

Anybody else notice that you cannot hit enter after typing a search? It won't search, I have to actually click the search button. Is there any way to fix this, or is it just me?

It doesn't happen all the time, only about half the time, and I can't figure out when it will search and when it won't.

Maybe I shouldn't complain about something so trivial as it searches trillions and trillions of websites in a nanosecond for my meaningless car information, but it gets annoying after years of doing it a certain (better) way.

Monkeywrench
Monkeywrench Reader
2/10/09 6:45 a.m.

Works everytime for me. Maybe your enter key is fubar

Tim Baxter
Tim Baxter UltimaDork
2/10/09 6:46 a.m.

It's fine here too, but because of the way Google rolls out changes it can affect some people and not others. That would be a really weird and out-of-character thing for google to do, though.

mtn
mtn MegaDork
2/10/09 7:04 a.m.

After playing around with it some, I have more information on when it does it.

-Only in Google Chrome (not firefox or i.e.)
-When the suggested searches come up, if I keep typing until there are none left it won't search by the enter.
For example, if I type Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, I can search. If I type Chevrolet Corvette zr1 images, I cannot search
-it only happens on the Google Home page.

Its not that big of a problem. Just annoying, and uncharacteristic of google.

Gearhead_42
Gearhead_42 Dork
2/10/09 7:06 a.m.

Uncharacteristic huh? You must have missed the "everything is malicious" screw up last week

Maroon92
Maroon92 MegaDork
2/10/09 7:37 a.m.

it happens to me everytime in Firefox...

(though I have the "google redirect virus"....talk about annoying)

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
2/10/09 8:10 a.m.

Does the enter key on your numpad work?

mtn
mtn MegaDork
2/10/09 8:11 a.m.
GameboyRMH wrote: Does the enter key on your numpad work?

Laptop. Don't have one

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
2/10/09 8:23 a.m.

If you're running Windows XP / Vista (sorry), press Win+U, run the On-Screen keyboard and try using that.

(although after reading through your posts some more it doesn't sound like a hardware problem)

mtn
mtn MegaDork
2/10/09 8:32 a.m.
GameboyRMH wrote: If you're running Windows XP / Vista (sorry), press Win+U, run the On-Screen keyboard and try using that. (although after reading through your posts some more it doesn't sound like a hardware problem)

Nothin. Eh... I'll just deal with this minor inconvenience and hope google will fix it, although it might make me go crazy and I'll have to sue google for millions so I can pay for all the psychiatric work i'll need after the crazyness of it all.

Jerry From LA
Jerry From LA SuperDork
2/11/09 8:57 a.m.
mtn wrote: Anybody else notice that you cannot hit enter after typing a search? It won't search, I have to actually click the search button. Is there any way to fix this, or is it just me? It doesn't happen all the time, only about half the time, and I can't figure out when it will search and when it won't. Maybe I shouldn't complain about something so trivial as it searches trillions and trillions of websites in a nanosecond for my meaningless car information, but it gets annoying after years of doing it a certain (better) way.

O' Machine! O' Machine! This is the beginning of the end......

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