Add Keyboard Navigation to Search

The bottom of an Ancestry search results list for the 1921 Census of Canada on page 2, with the previous page button, the page box showing 2 of 16 and the next page button outlined in red.

What problem does Add Keyboard Navigation to Search solve?

Add Keyboard Navigation to Search lets you turn the pages of Ancestry search results with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Without it, every new page of results means scrolling to the bottom of the list to find the next page button and click it.

How does Add Keyboard Navigation to Search work?

On any Ancestry search results page, press the Right arrow key to load the next page of results, or the Left arrow key to go back a page. You can stay where you are on the page and work through a long list of results without reaching for the mouse.

Each key press does the same as clicking the next or previous page button at the bottom of the results, so the results load just as they normally would. While you are typing in a box, such as the name fields of the search form, the arrow keys move through your text as usual.

How do I use Add Keyboard Navigation to Search?

In the Genealogy Assistant pop-up panel, make sure Add Keyboard Navigation to Search is turned on.
Run a search on Ancestry. The search results page opens.
Press the Right arrow key. The next page of results loads.
Press the Left arrow key to go back to the previous page.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Right loads the next page of search results.
Left loads the previous page of search results.

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