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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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                                    • A Former User
                                      A Former User last edited by

                                      Hello,
                                      I've used Google Chrome and New Microsoft Edge browser and i still really prefer to use Opera. It's faster and more stable than both of them. One thing i deeply miss is tab-to-search functionality where i can directly search for a keyboard on YouTube directly on the adress bar for example.

                                      Please, please, please consider adding this functionality in the coming updates.

                                      More details: https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search

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                                      • AngusSckitt
                                        AngusSckitt last edited by

                                        Necro-ing this because a year and a half later and this is still not a thing.

                                        We do have the option to use tab for that in the configurations... Only it doesn't work.
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                                        #foralltosee: In the "Manage search engines" menu, arrow pointing to the "Tab" option for the configuration "Keyboard shortcut: In the address bar, enter the keyword for the website you want to search. Then, use a keyboard shortcut to continue." Arrow leads to the subtitle: "Doesn't work: Tab just cycles through similar browsing history and default search engine suggestions. Yes, I *am* trying both the default search engines' keywords and my custom configured "Other search engines", which are basically DuckDuckGo as "duck" and YouTube as "yout" (got used)."
                                        

                                        Opera advertises itself as the "Fastest, safest and smartest" browser... Yet, Chrome is currently ahead of it in the "fast" and "smart" aspects, in this particular feature. And considering this pops back up every now and then since 2016, I honestly think it would be very nice to see it getting implemented.

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                                        • nerdblogpl
                                          nerdblogpl @AngusSckitt last edited by

                                          Still broken, still a blocker to migrate to Opera.

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