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    • burnout426
      burnout426 Volunteer @DrinkableMizu last edited by burnout426

      @DrinkableMizu The only way in Opera to delete that y/ entry once it's there is to delete "Browsing History" for all time at the URL opera://settings/clearBrowserData. Removing all search.yahoo.com entries at the URL opera://history is not enough. That's because http://y/ gets entered into the History file and opera://history doesn't show that entry so you can delete it. Outside of Opera, you could delete the History file or remove that entry with SQLiteStudio.

      To search Goolge for y me voy, you have to remember to type g y me voy instead.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

        @burnout426 I filed DNA-119444 about those funky y/ entries with details on how to trigger them and why it happens etc. No guarantees, but maybe the issue will get looked at.

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        • DrinkableMizu
          DrinkableMizu @burnout426 last edited by

          @burnout426 deleting he browsing history data fixed the "y/" problem, thanks.
          Though my point about allowing to customize and disable this feature still stands obviously.

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          • burnout426
            burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

            @burnout426 said in Allow disabling of default search engine hotkeys:

            filed DNA-119444 about those funky y/ entries

            Although not in the changelog, the bug seems fixed in the latest Opera Developer build so far.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @burnout426 last edited by

              @burnout426 said in Allow disabling of default search engine hotkeys:

              I filed DNA-119444 about those funky y/ entries

              Fixed in Opera Stable 114.0.5282.144 now too.

              Opera will no longer create those funky entries. However, if they're already in there from a build with the bug, you'll probably have to wipe out your history to get rid of them.

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              • pineappledude72
                pineappledude72 @sgunhouse last edited by

                @sgunhouse viewer2012 is being very unhelpful ignoring everything the post said

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @pineappledude72 last edited by

                  @pineappledude72 So you joined the forum to post in a topic that has been quiet for about five months to complain about something that happened four years ago?

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                  • Berk404
                    Berk404 @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg If you think the issue has been fixed you are wrong.

                    Just because it's been quiet it doesn't mean it shouldn't get more attention or that it doesn't get more attention.
                    This post has 25k views, keep in mind most of them are people who has the same issue as us but didn't bother creating an account to complain about it.

                    How about letting your higher ups know about the issue we have with the default search engine hotkeys instead of responding with that attitude?

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                    • blt123
                      blt123 @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg You're right, considering this issue was brought up in this forum years ago at this point, literally nothing has been done to address it, and the moderators here have refused to offer a solution, it's clearly not worth the effort to make comments in any forum, no matter how old they are. Just because there hasn't been a post for over 5 months, does not mean the issue discussed in this forum has been addressed, so it makes sense new people are still coming here hoping to find a solution that does not exist. I wonder how many of the 25.7k people that have seen this forum discussion and not found a solution have switched to a different browser due to this issue.

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Berk404 last edited by leocg

                        @Berk404 Read my post again. And the one I was replying to.

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @blt123 last edited by

                          @blt123 Your comment is totally unrelated to what I said, but here we go:

                          Moderators never refused to provide a solution, it simply doesn't exist. Also, moderators don't have solutions for everything.

                          Opera can decide if they will accept a suggestion or a request and it seems to me that they aren't going to implement this one.

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                          • ThoughtHeretic
                            ThoughtHeretic last edited by leocg

                            It is just so unacceptable that this is not addressed. I want 'y' to be youtube like you can do in Literally every other browser that supports keyword searches. I'm browser shopping, and this it not making me likely to stick with Opera for long...

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                            • contx
                              contx last edited by

                              30k viewes on this thread and still no resolution, very annoying. How hard is it?

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @contx last edited by

                                @contx Viewing doesn't mean agreeing.

                                if it's hard or not to implement it may depend on the contracts.

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