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Here's a workaround to add an arbitrary non-blessed search engine as the default (i.e. what the omnibar points to): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or
by perihelions 5y ago
Here's a workaround to add an arbitrary non-blessed search engine as the default (i.e. what the omnibar points to):
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-a-search-engine-from-the-search-bar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-en...
Be aware that in Firefox, the "Search Bar" is a distinct widget from the "Address Bar" (omnibar/"awesomebar"). If it's missing or you can't find it, here's the docs for that UX flow:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars#w_customize-the-overflow-menu-or-the-toolbar https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-contr...
If you do this, you can (of course) revert your change in about:preferences#search; the new search engine will persist there as an alternate choice.
(Tested and confirmed this works with e.g. Yandex in release version 98.0.1. This patch only removed, essentially, Firefox' promoted or sponsored search engines -- not core functionality. (It also erased and reset user preferences, but that's a separate problem)).
- yoasif_ 5y agoThe Omnibar is Chromium/Chrome specific. The Firefox address bar is also known as the awesomebar, but has never been known as the omnibar. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/a-little-something-awesome-about-firefox-3/ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/a-little-something-aweso...
- gkop 5y agoI've heard omnibar used to describe the more general UX pattern of providing at a focal point a single freetext input that surfaces items across collections. It's a neat pattern because it's both pretty and can be useful. I'll take your word for it it came from Chrome's Omnibar, the timeline in my memory lines up.
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- perihelions 5y agoTIL, thanks! I've added that word. (In my defense, even the support.mozilla.org docs themselves seem to avoid it; the one I linked only refers to it as "address bar").
- yoasif_ 5y agoAvoid awesomebar? That is a nickname - the correct term is the address bar. It has never been an "omnibar", however.
- nathanaldensr 5y agoI tried this, but as soon as I remove all other search providers, Firefox automatically adds Google to the list. All searches then use Google.
- 3np 5y agoSounds like a bug that should be reported.