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You can prefix your searches in the omnibox with “?” and they won’t be treated as possible short local network names

by brown9-2 6y ago

mehrdadn 6y ago
Ctrl+K for Windows users looking for a shortcut key.
- tylercrompton 6y ago
  That works on multiple platforms! I'm able to do that on Arch.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
  - viraptor 6y ago
    In the good old times, ctrl-l went to the location bar and ctrl-k went to the search bar. After they merged, ctrl-k just prepends the question mark. But... as an old shortcut, pretty much everything supports it.
- onionisafruit 6y ago
  Isn’t “?” and ctrl-k the same number of keystrokes?
  - mehrdadn 6y ago
    Only if you don't count your mouse clicking the omnibar as a keystroke.
    - onionisafruit 6y ago
      That’s a good point. I didn’t consider that, and now I’ll use this shortcut. If I had been at my computer I would have realized that immediately.
- forgotpwd16 6y ago
  It also works on Firefox (and on Linux); if you use split address/search bar it focuses to the search bar instead as it used to be.
  - tankenmate 6y ago
    Indeed, I normally turn off "keyword.enabled" and "browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches" in about:config.
    - joveian 6y ago
      Yes, you need keyword.enabled set to false otherwise Firefox will still search even though you have a different search box :(. In Firefox, it is also possible to set keyword.enabled to false and still search explicitly in the url bar via the keyword search mechanism (they overloaded the terminology a bit :/, the one if you right click on a search box and select "add a keyword for this search"). I've been thinking of trying to just use DDG style ! keywords via the url bar (and s for a default search to make it easier to type, maybe single letters would be easiest in general) rather than a search box. OTOH, the keyword search (the second type :/) seems neglected and I wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear at some point.
xg15 6y ago
Also, if you prefix a hostname with "http://" http://" or "https://" https://", it won't be treated as a search.

You can prefix your searches in the omnibox with “?” and they won’t be treated as possible short local network names

mehrdadn 6y ago

Ctrl+K for Windows users looking for a shortcut key.

tylercrompton 6y ago
That works on multiple platforms! I'm able to do that on Arch.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- viraptor 6y ago
  In the good old times, ctrl-l went to the location bar and ctrl-k went to the search bar. After they merged, ctrl-k just prepends the question mark. But... as an old shortcut, pretty much everything supports it.
onionisafruit 6y ago
Isn’t “?” and ctrl-k the same number of keystrokes?
- mehrdadn 6y ago
  Only if you don't count your mouse clicking the omnibar as a keystroke.
  - onionisafruit 6y ago
    That’s a good point. I didn’t consider that, and now I’ll use this shortcut. If I had been at my computer I would have realized that immediately.
forgotpwd16 6y ago
It also works on Firefox (and on Linux); if you use split address/search bar it focuses to the search bar instead as it used to be.
- tankenmate 6y ago
  Indeed, I normally turn off "keyword.enabled" and "browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches" in about:config.
  - joveian 6y ago
    Yes, you need keyword.enabled set to false otherwise Firefox will still search even though you have a different search box :(. In Firefox, it is also possible to set keyword.enabled to false and still search explicitly in the url bar via the keyword search mechanism (they overloaded the terminology a bit :/, the one if you right click on a search box and select "add a keyword for this search"). I've been thinking of trying to just use DDG style ! keywords via the url bar (and s for a default search to make it easier to type, maybe single letters would be easiest in general) rather than a search box. OTOH, the keyword search (the second type :/) seems neglected and I wouldn't be surprised to see it disappear at some point.

xg15 6y ago

Also, if you prefix a hostname with "http://" http://" or "https://" https://", it won't be treated as a search.