diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/layout.py b/src/calibre/gui2/layout.py
index 1ae4085c25..a5da391503 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/layout.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/layout.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 from functools import partial
 
 from PyQt4.Qt import QIcon, Qt, QWidget, QToolBar, QSize, \
-    pyqtSignal, QToolButton, \
+    pyqtSignal, QToolButton, QPushButton, \
     QObject, QVBoxLayout, QSizePolicy, QLabel, QHBoxLayout, QActionGroup, \
     QMenu
 
@@ -171,16 +171,20 @@ class SearchBar(QWidget): # {{{
         l.addWidget(x)
         x.setToolTip(_("Advanced search"))
 
-        self.label = x = QLabel(_('&Search:'))
-        l.addWidget(self.label)
-        x.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Minimum, QSizePolicy.Minimum)
-
         x = parent.search = SearchBox2(self)
         x.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Expanding, QSizePolicy.Minimum)
         x.setObjectName("search")
         x.setToolTip(_("<p>Search the list of books by title, author, publisher, tags, comments, etc.<br><br>Words separated by spaces are ANDed"))
         l.addWidget(x)
 
+        self.search_button = QPushButton(_('S&earch'))
+        l.addWidget(self.search_button)
+        self.search_button.setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy.Minimum,
+                QSizePolicy.Minimum)
+        self.search_button.clicked.connect(parent.search.do_search)
+        self.search_button.setToolTip(
+            _('Do Quick Search (you can also press the Enter key)'))
+
         x = parent.clear_button = QToolButton(self)
         x.setIcon(QIcon(I('clear_left.png')))
         x.setObjectName("clear_button")
@@ -211,7 +215,6 @@ class SearchBar(QWidget): # {{{
         l.addWidget(x)
         x.setToolTip(_("Delete current saved search"))
 
-        self.label.setBuddy(parent.search)
 
 
 # }}}
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
index ef32d14a19..0b85749370 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/search_box.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class SearchBox2(QComboBox):
             return ''
         return text
 
-    def do_search(self):
+    def do_search(self, *args):
         text = unicode(self.currentText()).strip()
         if not text or text == self.help_text:
             return self.clear()
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ class SearchBoxMixin(object):
         self.search.setMaximumWidth(self.width()-150)
         self.action_focus_search = QAction(self)
         shortcuts = QKeySequence.keyBindings(QKeySequence.Find)
-        shortcuts = list(shortcuts) + [QKeySequence('/')]
+        shortcuts = list(shortcuts) + [QKeySequence('/'), QKeySequence('Alt+S')]
         self.action_focus_search.setShortcuts(shortcuts)
         self.action_focus_search.triggered.connect(lambda x:
                 self.search.setFocus(Qt.OtherFocusReason))