[Suggestion] Autoselect the search field when loading the page

[elypter]

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[omarroth]

I'm not opposed to this, but is there a reason this should be preferred over the default behavior? YouTube doesn't appear to do this, and I'm having trouble finding any other projects that implement it.

YouTube and Github both have a / hotkey to select the search bar, so maybe it would be good to have this as an option available in Invidious.

[elypter]

i dont know why youtube doesnt do this but just because they have a lot of money that doesnt mean their ux is always the best. the popularity of this site is the best proof. maybe they value looks over function so much that they dont want a blinking cursor, maybe they want to viewers into their suggested content, maybe they want to discourage the classic desktop expierience, maybe its just a lack of thought.

i think as long as the keyboard is not used for anything else without having to use the mouse first there is no real reason against it. on search engines this is the default behavior too and search is a very frequently used function on invidio.us as well judging from my own expierience.

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[elypter]

related to #513

still relevant in combination with #449 / #996

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[SamantazFox]

bump

[markozajc]

This actually gives me some trouble; I usually press 'space' to start video playback, since I have autoplay disabled. Autofocus on the search field instead redirects the keypress there, which is a bit annoying. It would be great if this was optional/disabled on video pages.