diff --git a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
index 7d2fcb1b2..c298649fe 100644
--- a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
+++ b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ GlobalSearchTooltip::GlobalSearchTooltip(QWidget* event_target)
   setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
   setAttribute(Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent);
   setAttribute(Qt::WA_TranslucentBackground);
+
+  switch_action_ = new QAction(tr("Switch provider"), this);
+  switch_action_->setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_Tab));
+  connect(switch_action_, SIGNAL(triggered()), SLOT(SwitchProvider()));
 }
 
 void GlobalSearchTooltip::SetResults(const SearchProvider::ResultList& results) {
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ void GlobalSearchTooltip::SetResults(const SearchProvider::ResultList& results)
 
   qDeleteAll(widgets_);
   widgets_.clear();
+  result_buttons_.clear();
 
   // Using a QVBoxLayout here made some weird flickering that I couldn't figure
   // out how to fix, so do layout manually.
@@ -59,11 +64,21 @@ void GlobalSearchTooltip::SetResults(const SearchProvider::ResultList& results)
 
   // Add a widget for each result
   foreach (const SearchProvider::Result& result, results) {
-    AddWidget(new TooltipResultWidget(result, this), &w, &y);
+    TooltipResultWidget* widget = new TooltipResultWidget(result, this);
+    if (widgets_.isEmpty()) {
+      // If this is the first widget then mark it as selected
+      widget->setChecked(true);
+    }
+
+    AddWidget(widget, &w, &y);
+    result_buttons_ << widget;
   }
 
   // Add the action widget
   QList<QAction*> actions;
+  if (results_.count() > 1) {
+    actions.append(switch_action_);
+  }
   actions.append(common_actions_);
 
   action_widget_ = new TooltipActionWidget(this);
@@ -113,7 +128,16 @@ void GlobalSearchTooltip::ShowAt(const QPoint& pointing_to) {
 
 bool GlobalSearchTooltip::event(QEvent* e) {
   switch (e->type()) {
-  case QEvent::KeyPress:
+  case QEvent::KeyPress: {
+    QKeyEvent* ke = static_cast<QKeyEvent*>(e);
+    if (ke->key() == Qt::Key_Tab && ke->modifiers() == Qt::NoModifier) {
+      SwitchProvider();
+      e->accept();
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    // fallthrough
+  }
   case QEvent::KeyRelease:
   case QEvent::InputMethod:
   case QEvent::Shortcut:
@@ -199,3 +223,25 @@ void GlobalSearchTooltip::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*) {
   p.setPen(inner_color);
   p.drawPolygon(arrow);
 }
+
+void GlobalSearchTooltip::SwitchProvider() {
+  // Find which one was checked before.
+  int old_index = -1;
+  for (int i=0 ; i<result_buttons_.count() ; ++i) {
+    if (result_buttons_[i]->isChecked()) {
+      old_index = i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (old_index == -1)
+    return;
+
+  // Check the new one.  The auto exclusive group will take care of unchecking
+  // the old one.
+  const int new_index = (old_index + 1) % result_buttons_.count();
+  result_buttons_[new_index]->setChecked(true);
+
+  emit ActiveResultChanged(new_index);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.h b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.h
index 685f5a034..95f153092 100644
--- a/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.h
+++ b/src/globalsearch/globalsearchtooltip.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <QWidget>
 
+class QAbstractButton;
 class QDesktopWidget;
 
 class TooltipActionWidget;
@@ -46,9 +47,15 @@ public:
 
   bool event(QEvent* e);
 
+signals:
+  void ActiveResultChanged(int new_index);
+
 protected:
   void paintEvent(QPaintEvent*);
 
+private slots:
+  void SwitchProvider();
+
 private:
   void AddWidget(QWidget* widget, int* w, int* y);
 
@@ -57,6 +64,8 @@ private:
   TooltipActionWidget* action_widget_;
   QList<QAction*> common_actions_;
 
+  QAction* switch_action_;
+
   SearchProvider::ResultList results_;
   qreal arrow_offset_;
   QRect inner_rect_;
@@ -64,6 +73,7 @@ private:
   QWidget* event_target_;
 
   QWidgetList widgets_;
+  QList<QAbstractButton*> result_buttons_;
 };
 
 #endif // GLOBALSEARCHTOOLTIP_H
diff --git a/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.cpp b/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.cpp
index 5e7302f63..71743c121 100644
--- a/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const int TooltipResultWidget::kIconSize = 16;
 
 TooltipResultWidget::TooltipResultWidget(const SearchProvider::Result& result,
                                          QWidget* parent)
-  : QWidget(parent),
+  : QAbstractButton(parent),
     result_(result),
     kTextHeight(fontMetrics().height()),
     kTrackNoWidth(fontMetrics().width("0000")),
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ TooltipResultWidget::TooltipResultWidget(const SearchProvider::Result& result,
   bold_metrics_ = QFontMetrics(bold_font_);
 
   size_hint_ = CalculateSizeHint();
+
+  setCheckable(true);
+  setAutoExclusive(true);
 }
 
 QSize TooltipResultWidget::sizeHint() const {
@@ -86,11 +89,11 @@ QString TooltipResultWidget::TitleText() const {
 void TooltipResultWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*) {
   QPainter p(this);
 
-  p.setPen(palette().color(QPalette::Text));
+  const QColor text_color = palette().color(QPalette::Text);
 
-  const qreal line_opacity = 0.4;
-  const qreal track_opacity = 0.6;
-  const qreal text_opacity = 0.9;
+  const qreal line_opacity  = 0.1 + (isChecked() ? 0.2 : 0.0);
+  const qreal track_opacity = 0.1 + (isChecked() ? 0.5 : 0.0);
+  const qreal text_opacity  = 0.4 + (isChecked() ? 0.5 : 0.0);
 
   int y = kSpacing;
 
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ void TooltipResultWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*) {
   QRect text_rect(kBorder + kTrackNoWidth + kTrackNumSpacing, y,
                   width() - kBorder*2 - kTrackNoWidth - kTrackNumSpacing, kIconSize);
   p.setFont(bold_font_);
+  p.setPen(text_color);
   p.setOpacity(text_opacity);
   p.drawText(text_rect, Qt::AlignVCenter, TitleText());
 
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ void TooltipResultWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*) {
   // Line
   y += kIconSize + kSpacing;
   p.setOpacity(line_opacity);
+  p.setPen(text_color);
   p.drawLine(0, y, width(), y);
   y += kLineHeight;
 
diff --git a/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.h b/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.h
index a7c7b66ff..dd48aa5cb 100644
--- a/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.h
+++ b/src/globalsearch/tooltipresultwidget.h
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
 #include "searchprovider.h"
 
-#include <QWidget>
+#include <QAbstractButton>
 
-class TooltipResultWidget : public QWidget {
+class TooltipResultWidget : public QAbstractButton {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public: