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I've wrote the same, with the same algolia example :D Do you remember if it was possible to edit or add custom search engines from GUI before? I remember havi

by bmacho 3y ago

I've wrote the same, with the same algolia example :D Do you remember if it was possible to edit or add custom search engines from GUI before? I remember having them, but I can't find it. Also it seems to me as a basic feature and not a "killer feature".

bejd 3y ago
Right-click on a search box > "Add a Keyword for this Search". Edit: it then gets saved as a bookmark and you can edit it like any other.
- bmacho 3y ago
  I don't have that. Where? Algolia and google search boxes(? the input fields?) don't show anything like that. edit: also if I modify a keyword for my opensearch/xml search engines in about:preferences#search , it won't show up as a regular bookmark. Also I can't even see the URL for those search engines.
  - velut 3y ago
    Right click inside a search box. There should be the option "Add a Keyword for this search".
    - bmacho 3y ago
      Where? What is a search box?
      - velut 3y ago
        The search input provided by a website. You can try with the one in the footer of Hacker News and it works. See https://imgur.com/oxqMw6D https://imgur.com/oxqMw6D
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TeMPOraL 3y ago
There used to be a GUI for that. Then they removed it. The functionality is still sorta, kinda available, in varying and increasingly undiscoverable ways. Last time I checked, you had to navigate to a search engine (and/or make a search with it?) and hope its author published some magic special microformat metadata that identifies it as a search engine - then Firefox would helpfully offer you an option to add it as a search engine, somewhere in the address bar. I don't remember if it had any indicator visible by default, or if you had to right-click the address bar first. And now I learned they "improved" this once again - hiding the feature under a right-click on a search box. It really seems like browser vendors want to soft-kill this options. I'm just not sure why, especially when it comes to Firefox.
zvmaz 3y ago
There's a firefox plugin [1] that lets you add custom search engines; they will be visible in the settings menu under "Search Shortcuts" where you can set the keyword to trigger the custom search. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-custom-se...

by bmacho 3y ago

bejd 3y ago

Right-click on a search box > "Add a Keyword for this Search". Edit: it then gets saved as a bookmark and you can edit it like any other.

bmacho 3y ago
I don't have that. Where? Algolia and google search boxes(? the input fields?) don't show anything like that. edit: also if I modify a keyword for my opensearch/xml search engines in about:preferences#search , it won't show up as a regular bookmark. Also I can't even see the URL for those search engines.
- velut 3y ago
  Right click inside a search box. There should be the option "Add a Keyword for this search".
  - bmacho 3y ago
    Where? What is a search box?
    - velut 3y ago
      The search input provided by a website. You can try with the one in the footer of Hacker News and it works. See https://imgur.com/oxqMw6D https://imgur.com/oxqMw6D
      - deleted 3y ago
        [deleted]

TeMPOraL 3y ago

There used to be a GUI for that. Then they removed it. The functionality is still sorta, kinda available, in varying and increasingly undiscoverable ways. Last time I checked, you had to navigate to a search engine (and/or make a search with it?) and hope its author published some magic special microformat metadata that identifies it as a search engine - then Firefox would helpfully offer you an option to add it as a search engine, somewhere in the address bar. I don't remember if it had any indicator visible by default, or if you had to right-click the address bar first. And now I learned they "improved" this once again - hiding the feature under a right-click on a search box. It really seems like browser vendors want to soft-kill this options. I'm just not sure why, especially when it comes to Firefox.

zvmaz 3y ago

There's a firefox plugin [1] that lets you add custom search engines; they will be visible in the settings menu under "Search Shortcuts" where you can set the keyword to trigger the custom search. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-custom-se...