Enter Firefox search phrase

[stevethaw7]

I would appreciate advice in developing a hotkey script to accomplish the following:
- open Firefox, or, if Firefox is already running add a new tab
- place the cursor in the address bar and enter the phrase "microsoft access" with a space after the phrase
- leave the cursor in the address bar ready for me to finish entering the search phrase

Here's what I have, but it does not work reliably, often executing the Run line and stopping.
^+6::
Run, https://firefox.com
Sleep 3000
Send ^t
Sleep 1200
Send ^l
Sleep 700
Send microsoft access
Sleep 600
Send {Esc}
Sleep 600
Send {Space}
Return

What can I do to make it work reliably?

Thanks.

[BoBo]

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!c::    ; press ALt+C to start script
   Send, ^c   ; this will copy a previously selected string to the clipboard
   Run,% "firefox.exe https://www.google.de/search?q=microsoft+access+" . ClipBoard  ; ... that will be added to the predefined command and start the search
   ClipBoard := ""
   Return

Not tested.

[stevethaw7]

Thank you BoBo but that does not appear to do what I want. Or at least I do not see how it can do what I want. My goal is to have the script open Firefox, type "microsoft access " in the address bar and wait for me to enter the rest of the search term and press ENTER. I have configured Firefox to use the duckduckgo search engine.

Thank you.

[Xtra]

Try this:

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#NoEnv
SetWorkingDir, %A_ScriptDir%

Title := "My Duck Duck Go Search"
Prompt := "Enter Text to Search"
DefaultSearchTerm := "microsoft access "

$1::
    SetTimer, setText, -1
    InputBox, SEARCHSTRING, % Title, % Prompt
    if (ErrorLevel = 0)    ; Searches using default browser:
        Run, % "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=" . StrReplace(SEARCHSTRING,A_Space,"+") . "&t=hy&ia=web"
return

; This is for setting the default text without highlighting which is inputbox default:
setText: 
    WinWait, %Title% ahk_class #32770
    ControlSetText, Edit1, % DefaultSearchTerm, %Title% ahk_class #32770
    ControlSend, Edit1, {Ctrl Down}{Right}{Right}{Ctrl Up}, %Title% ahk_class #32770
return

HTH