Allow disabling of default search engine hotkeys

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @GerritDamen last edited by

@GerritDamen I only mentioned the fact that this is not a discussion about a bug because the subject was brought to the surface. If it doesn't happen,, I won't have why come here and talk about that.

[GerritDamen]

GerritDamen @leocg last edited by

@leocg What exactly are you doing here? This thread is about a feature request.

[Nakina]

Nakina @GerritDamen last edited by

@GerritDamen Being the one who made this thread and also still getting notifications despite moving to a different browser at this point, I get your sentiment. However, I don't think attacking a moderator is ever going to result in getting what we want. They're not the ones to get mad at, they're just a volunteer. The only way anything is going to change is if more people move away from this browser as a result of this "feature". I've never seen another browser that doesn't let me turn off these stupid shortcuts.

[chromeskeli]

chromeskeli last edited by

Is there a fix so yet? I'm a music major so I'm constantly searching key signatures and this "feature" is the most annoying shit ever. At the very least, an option to disable this would be extremely helpful.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @chromeskeli last edited by

@chromeskeli There's no change in this area. Opera still purposely restricts modifications of the default search engines.

[sthenofors]

sthenofors last edited by

dumbest feature ever

[lillittlebill069]

lillittlebill069 last edited by

found this thread after many frustrating minutes of attempting to search for a query related to crystallography. congrats to Opera for making my decision to finally switch to Brave browser that much easier

[Skai-high]

Skai-high last edited by

Here to chime in after searching for it, this "feature" causes a very explicit problem when trying to search anything in Welsh, as we use the letter y to mean "the". I know ours isn't the most common language, but a way to disable or alter this so that I can search in my own language would be nice, because it's not just annoying, it's actively detrimental to anyone searching in Welsh.

[TheInfamousTony]

TheInfamousTony @Skai-high last edited by

@Skai-high I have a solution. For example, you want to search for "y something" in Google, you type "g y something" in the search bar, and it'll work.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Opera GX now has an option in Early Bird to turn off the shortcuts. Maybe regular Opera will have it eventually.