I understand that a lot of people use tablets/iPads, phones while searching and reading on "Fandom." It's nice to have cross platform functionality. I use all platforms. But I feel bombarded with useless "Beauty." To me FFXIclopedia is just that, an "encyclopedia." A place to search up an item, mission, quest, or notorious monster. This morning my significant other asked me if what he was battling was a notorious monster. Being the patient spouse I open FFXIclopedia from my shortcut, and just stare at the screen .............. Oh, maybe I have to find a mouse to use now because tab and "/" don't open the search bar? Which search widget is the search area for just FFXIclopedia? I don't want to select something and get sent to "you may be interested in this/that/the other thing." I already know what I want to find and it's on FFXIclopedia. Maybe, have the cursor default AS the search for FFXIclopedia. If I want to go elsewhere after I get the information I was expecting to find, then I'll select all the other stuff on the sidebar? I feel trapped in the children's story, "If You give a Mouse a Cookie."
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I have pasted the last 3 comment's to the Support team. Thank you.
Ah ha, I see that if I alt+tab to my other open window (game) and alt+tab back to the FFXIclopedia, the keyboard short cuts give me the random results. This time, it would not do anything at all, web, fandom page, just nothing.
Hi again. I hovered over the sidebar search widget. It directs me to shift+alt+f which I tried. That does not open the search for the FFXIclopedia page. It opens the search for ALL of the web, or search on the current page. I opened another FFXIclopedia tab while writing this comment and the shift+alt+f did bring up the search FOR FFXIclopedia. Is there something I need to learn/do to have the keyboard shortcuts work after opening the page initially?
Aaak, alright, I see in preferences that my default is "fandom" for short cuts. I went to the community portal and couldn't find what the shortcuts actually are. IE: tab, /, ^ and what each one will do, or how I would assign for myself.
Going to try setting "Special:Preferences". Thank you for the information. When these updates are implemented, is there a place that will show someone like me, an uneducated in tech., were to find something that the educated in tech., take for granted as global knowledge?