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Why do you need a search bar in Chrome? Just type what you want into the "address" bar, and it will search your default search engine.

grt 16y ago
Also, you can easily add custom keyword searches under Preferences. For example: Name: Youtube Keyword: y URL: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s Then just type "y civilization v" and shazam, you're on Youtube, looking at a list of trailers and previews for Civilization V. Firefox has the same feature; I believe it's called "Keyword Search" and can be accessed through Bookmark Manager. I always found Firefox's separate search box redundant for this reason.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  >Firefox has the same feature; I believe it's called "Keyword Search" and can be accessed through Bookmark Manager. I always found Firefox's separate search box redundant for this reason. I actually use both. I've about 20 keywords - I use the search box when I think I'll need to search across multiple engines (though I usually copy paste the words, I guess I use them as a short scratch pad) and use keywords when I expect I won't have to re-enter the search elsewhere.
carbocation 16y ago
ctrl+L gets you to the address bar. "?" + your query forces a default search (so you can do ?http://www.cnn.com http://www.cnn.com and it will actually search for cnn.com, not take you to the site). If you add keywords, then you just ctrl+l then type, say "php in_array" and your query gets submitted directly to php.net's search engine (if you've pre-programmed it). This is actually very much like Firefox's implementation.
- mattw 16y ago
  > ctrl+L gets you to the address bar. "?" + your query forces a default search And for the keystroke-obsessed, Ctrl+K clears the location bar and puts in the question mark for you. :)
papachito 16y ago
You don't need a search bar in chrome, just type the address of the site you want to search with and hit TAB. Example: youtu+TAB and then enter your keyword. Works with every site that support opensearch. en.wiki+TAB will search wikipedia etc.
- zppx 16y ago
  thanks, but now I use Duck Duck Go and bangs for the same functionality, and I love it, I also use it as my main search engine
- omaranto 16y ago
  Slight correction: works with sites that support opensearch and that you previously have visited.
zppx 16y ago
I really hate to not search directly on the service that I need, such as gamefaqs, jstor or arxiv

grt 16y ago

Also, you can easily add custom keyword searches under Preferences. For example: Name: Youtube Keyword: y URL: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s Then just type "y civilization v" and shazam, you're on Youtube, looking at a list of trailers and previews for Civilization V. Firefox has the same feature; I believe it's called "Keyword Search" and can be accessed through Bookmark Manager. I always found Firefox's separate search box redundant for this reason.

pbhjpbhj 16y ago
>Firefox has the same feature; I believe it's called "Keyword Search" and can be accessed through Bookmark Manager. I always found Firefox's separate search box redundant for this reason. I actually use both. I've about 20 keywords - I use the search box when I think I'll need to search across multiple engines (though I usually copy paste the words, I guess I use them as a short scratch pad) and use keywords when I expect I won't have to re-enter the search elsewhere.

carbocation 16y ago

ctrl+L gets you to the address bar. "?" + your query forces a default search (so you can do ?http://www.cnn.com http://www.cnn.com and it will actually search for cnn.com, not take you to the site). If you add keywords, then you just ctrl+l then type, say "php in_array" and your query gets submitted directly to php.net's search engine (if you've pre-programmed it). This is actually very much like Firefox's implementation.

mattw 16y ago
> ctrl+L gets you to the address bar. "?" + your query forces a default search And for the keystroke-obsessed, Ctrl+K clears the location bar and puts in the question mark for you. :)

papachito 16y ago

You don't need a search bar in chrome, just type the address of the site you want to search with and hit TAB. Example: youtu+TAB and then enter your keyword. Works with every site that support opensearch. en.wiki+TAB will search wikipedia etc.

zppx 16y ago
thanks, but now I use Duck Duck Go and bangs for the same functionality, and I love it, I also use it as my main search engine
omaranto 16y ago
Slight correction: works with sites that support opensearch and that you previously have visited.

zppx 16y ago

I really hate to not search directly on the service that I need, such as gamefaqs, jstor or arxiv