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    • A Former User
      A Former User @leocg last edited by

      @leocg said in Auto search engine capturing and Tab to Search (like Chrome):

      @illusive87 Being possible to use any search engine as the default one is a long time request. Due to security reasons, it hasn't been implemented so far.

      What security reasons?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

        @concretable Malwares adding themselves as the default search engines, for example. Or modifying your settings.

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          Please consider adding to support for "Tab to Search" https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search

          How it should work:

          Enter youtube.com in address bar
          Press TAB
          Browser automatically changes address bar to search bar.
          Users can directly jump in to search for any web site.

          Chromium or Chrome browser currently supports this feature.

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          • surajkrstha
            surajkrstha last edited by

            I also want this feature.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              So what @tehu was talking about is https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search
              and if its not a security concern for chrome I don't see how it should be for Opera.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                You realized that such feature wasn't really discussed in this topic, right?

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User @leocg last edited by

                  @leocg He is talking exactly about that, you can see here in this video how it works if you still don't understands what he means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4FKWB4AqJ8 Also here are implementation details of it https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search

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                  • A Former User
                    A Former User last edited by

                    yes but you have to add them, in chorme they are added automatically. In chrome you can also later modify this automatically added search engines to have a shortcut like Opera if pressing the 3/4 first letters of the name of the website is too much for you.

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                    • burnout426
                      burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                      @agorilla said in Tab to search support:

                      Press TAB

                      Or space, which I find easier.

                      I think the option is neat. But, I find it annoying sometimes as the feature just automatically adds to "other search engines" where the list can be really long and a pain to clear.

                      I think Opera should do better and:

                      • Have an on/off toggle .

                      • Put all the entries in a new "Tab to Search" section "other search engines". They can still functionally be in "other search engines". It'd just be a UI improvement.

                      • Have a "Clear all" button for those entries. (In addition to being able to delete them 1 by 1.)

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by leocg

                            Let's try to put everything in the same place

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                            • A Former User
                              A Former User last edited by

                              Will Opera get this feature from chrome? Is quite useful.

                              For example, in chrome address bar, write "youtube.com" and then press TAB, it will instantly switch to "Search on YouTube" field type.

                              I know I can "hack" this by using custom YT search and assigning keyword like "yt" and then use "yt" + Space but It is less convenient.

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                              • burnout426
                                burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                @raito said in Searching on site from address bar by TAB:

                                I know I can "hack" this by using custom YT search and assigning keyword like "yt"

                                You can make the keyword youtube.com instead to make the hack a little more like Chrome. Still not the same though.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                                  I guess it would depend on Google to allow Opera to do that.

                                  Anyway, why add such feature just for people to search on YouTube?

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                                  • burnout426
                                    burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

                                    Other thread that this should probably be merged into. https://forums.opera.com/topic/15071/tab-to-search

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                                    • leocg
                                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                      Merge with https://forums.opera.com/topic/30144/searching-on-site-from-address-bar-by-tab/

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                                      • marciofao
                                        marciofao @laudb last edited by

                                        @laudb this link is broken 🤷🏿♀
                                        I really wanted this feature, seems to only exist on chrome so far...

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                                        • DanielXReis
                                          DanielXReis last edited by

                                          Any news about this request?

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                                          • leocg
                                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @DanielXReis last edited by

                                            @DanielXReis Not implemented if this is what you are asking.

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