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Does anybody know how to use a search engine other than the default from the omnibar? I see you can set a keyword under "Edit Search Engine", but then I cannot
by ez77 16y ago
Does anybody know how to use a search engine other than the default from the omnibar? I see you can set a keyword under "Edit Search Engine", but then I cannot attach a query. (Say, "d" takes me to DDG's front page, but "d water" just googles for that, which makes sense.)
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- jonburs 16y agoSearch engine keyword are meant for exactly that. For queries to work though you need to configure the search URL: double-click on the DDG entry for the engine in the Manage Search Engine dialog and make sure its URL is set to http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s http://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s
- ez77 16y agoThanks. I had set that up already, and gone back to Google as my default search engine since then (too traumatic a step for now!). However, I occasionally want to look things up through DDG. I have figured out how to do it now. (See my other comment.)
- ez77 16y agoDuh! I just had to press tab after typing the shortcut. Something as short as “d” is a bother because Chrome populates your omnibar with suggestions, so you have to delete and then press tab; “ddg” feels more apt =). Edited for clarity.
- cool-RR 16y agoAlso try Ctrl-E or Ctrl-K.
- waterhouse 16y agoControl-click on the address bar, click "Edit search engines...", and you can create a thing. The keyword will be a shortcut for the page, and "%s" in the URL will be replaced with the text following the keyword when you type it in. For example, here's my Wikipedia search engine thing: Name: Wikipedia Keyword: wp URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&search=%s Then, when I type "wp cheese", it goes to the URL "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&search=cheese http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&#..., which is a Wikipedia search for "cheese".