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All you need is a bookmark, no extension needed: the "keyword" value is how it's called and "%s" in the url is the placeholder for the query. For example, crea
by wildpeaks 1y ago
All you need is a bookmark, no extension needed: the "keyword" value is how it's called and "%s" in the url is the placeholder for the query.
For example, create a bookmark with keyword "youtube" and url "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s".
Then whenever you type "youtube something" in the address bar, it shows you the results directly.
The %s trick existed for so long, it even worked back in Internet Explorer.
- wkat4242 1y agoYes and you can even set it as default as I have done. So you don't need to type the 'youtube' or whatever. It works exactly like a builtin one.
- lxgr 1y agoHow can you set it as default?
- wkat4242 1y agoYou just select it under settings. Every search engine you have visited that supports opensearch automatically shows up in the list.
- lxgr 1y agoInteresting, for me they don't. I can only choose between Google, DuckDuckGo, and Wikipedia, even though I have more custom search engines available. They work via their configured shortcuts, but they don't appear in the search settings.
- xingped 1y agoThat must be what the extension I use has been doing, but what a bizarre way to hide such a useful feature.