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When searching for the desired SE site, the down arrow key (down) should work in order to choose the site one is looking for and hit enter to visit it, instead of using the mouse point to choose it. Would be pretty convenient.

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    Worth to mention, this exact behavior already exists when choosing tags. Dec 30, 2013 at 13:41
  • Using tab » down » Enter works fine and provide the same behaviour with one more keyboard action.
    – Mp0int
    Jan 24, 2014 at 15:24
  • @FallenAngel: ah, hadn't tried that. Thanks, that's useful. I'd still rather just use the down arrow though.
    – Mat
    Jan 24, 2014 at 15:45

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I've made a userscript for these purposes.

First, demo:

Second, explanations, all apply only if the dropdown is expanded:

  • First click on up/down arrows brings you to the list of all communities, further clicks navigate you up/down this menu.

  • Typing something immediately sets focus to the search box.

  • Clicking enter brings you to the selected community if any selected, otherwise scrolls you to the search box (latter is the default SE feature, unmodified)

Third, the script itself! Download it from Greasy Fork.

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