<![CDATA[Tab to Search]]>Please consider adding to support for "Tab to Search" https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search

How it should work:

  1. Enter youtube.com in address bar
  2. Press TAB
  3. 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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/15071/tab-to-searchRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 18:45:06 GMTSun, 08 May 2016 09:25:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:28:20 GMT]]>Still broken, still a blocker to migrate to Opera.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/294569https://forums.opera.com/post/294569Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:39:12 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/268688https://forums.opera.com/post/268688Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:39:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:31:37 GMT]]>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

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/216434https://forums.opera.com/post/216434Wed, 01 Jul 2020 12:31:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:49:35 GMT]]>@DanielXReis Not implemented if this is what you are asking.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214696https://forums.opera.com/post/214696Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:49:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:22:04 GMT]]>Any news about this request?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/214694https://forums.opera.com/post/214694Tue, 16 Jun 2020 16:22:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:34:17 GMT]]>@laudb this link is broken 🤷🏿♀
I really wanted this feature, seems to only exist on chrome so far...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/203258https://forums.opera.com/post/203258Thu, 19 Mar 2020 13:34:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:14:49 GMT]]>Merge with https://forums.opera.com/topic/30144/searching-on-site-from-address-bar-by-tab/

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161169https://forums.opera.com/post/161169Wed, 19 Dec 2018 03:14:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Wed, 19 Dec 2018 02:44:22 GMT]]>Other thread that this should probably be merged into. https://forums.opera.com/topic/15071/tab-to-search

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161167https://forums.opera.com/post/161167Wed, 19 Dec 2018 02:44:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:42:48 GMT]]>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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161164https://forums.opera.com/post/161164Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:42:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Tue, 18 Dec 2018 22:08:34 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161152https://forums.opera.com/post/161152Tue, 18 Dec 2018 22:08:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:51:19 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/161149https://forums.opera.com/post/161149Tue, 18 Dec 2018 20:51:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Sun, 21 Oct 2018 06:37:45 GMT]]>Let's try to put everything in the same place

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157303https://forums.opera.com/post/157303Sun, 21 Oct 2018 06:37:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Sun, 21 Oct 2018 04:14:06 GMT]]>@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.)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157289https://forums.opera.com/post/157289Sun, 21 Oct 2018 04:14:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:18:20 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157260https://forums.opera.com/post/157260Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:18:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:16:17 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/157259https://forums.opera.com/post/157259Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:16:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:28:05 GMT]]>You realized that such feature wasn't really discussed in this topic, right?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/152530https://forums.opera.com/post/152530Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:28:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:02:27 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/152529https://forums.opera.com/post/152529Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:02:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:28:17 GMT]]>I also want this feature.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/152457https://forums.opera.com/post/152457Mon, 13 Aug 2018 08:28:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Sun, 08 Jul 2018 18:34:39 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/150073https://forums.opera.com/post/150073Sun, 08 Jul 2018 18:34:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:33:07 GMT]]>@concretable Malwares adding themselves as the default search engines, for example. Or modifying your settings.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/143893https://forums.opera.com/post/143893Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:33:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:32:46 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/143879https://forums.opera.com/post/143879Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:32:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tab to Search on Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:36:22 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/143860https://forums.opera.com/post/143860Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:36:22 GMT