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I wasn't entirely sure whether this was an IMSLP bug or just a missing feature, so I put it here.
On Wikipedia, if I type "Mahler" into a search box and press the "Go" button, the site brings me directly to the Gustav Mahler page. If I type "Mahler" into a search box on IMSLP and then hit "Search," however, it brings me to a search page with text at the very top that, if I click on it, brings me to the Gustav Mahler page here. Because the button on the IMSLP page is a "search" button and not a "go" button, it performs a search instead of bringing me directly to a certain page. Wikipedia also has a search button with a similar feature. Would it be possible to have a "go" button IMSLP?

Umm, why didn't you try typing “Mahler” into the box and hitting the “Composer name” button? Admittedly, that does involve two clicks rather than one, but if you were after a specific Mahler work, the “General search” would also bring up the pages for his individual works, and worklist page in addition to his category page.

Also, if it's a really well-known name you're looking for, just type it straight after the usual URL format for the site, e.g.

http://imslp.org/wiki/Mahler

You will find this works for the surnames of a rather large number of composers.

Easy! Regards, PML