Quick history browsing in Safari 4 beta

Apr 06, '09 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

I just accidentally discovered how to rapidly access the new 'Cover Flow' view mode for browsing history in Safari 4 beta.

I have my windows set to open with the 'Top Sites' view. From here, hitting Tab will take the input from the URL entry box to the Google Search box. If you hit Tab again (i.e. twice in succession in a new window), the whole window will be replaced with the Cover Flow view of your browsing history.

[robg adds: The reason this trick works is that the Top Sites page contains a search box at the lower right for history; it's two Tab presses away from the URL entry bar. Note that this only works if you've got the "Full keyboard access" setting (on the Keyboard Shortcuts tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences panel) set to "Text boxes and lists only." If it's set to "All controls," the second Tab will move from the Google box to the URL bar. I also noticed that the history search box doesn't recognize Shift-Tab to move backwards out of it; you'll need to press Tab again to jump back to the URL entry bar.]

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