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    • kuuuurija
      kuuuurija last edited by

      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.

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      • laudb
        laudb last edited by

        You know Opera has a quick search function that does exactly that with even less keyboard use, right?

        http://help.opera.com/Windows/9.51/en/search.html

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        • kuuuurija
          kuuuurija last edited by

          oh ok thanks

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            Also you can add custom search engines and search on any of them using the address bar.

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            • tehu
              tehu last edited by

              i just started using Opera and i love it , compared to Chrome its amazing but there are two features that i used a lot in Chrome and i would really like to see in Opera which are auto search engine capturing and tab to search, these are the only features that stops me from deleting Chrome completely and getting rid of it forever

              I know that theres something similar to Tab to Search in Opera with the manually configured keystrokes but honestly it doesnt feel as fast and its annoying to manually configure everything , while chrome does it automatically while i use it

              if Opera had these two features implemented that would be amazing , Chrome could become a history for me

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @tehu last edited by

                @tehu What do those features do or should do?

                I just tried Chrome here and Tab doesn't seem to search anything, it just goes through link and menus like in Opera. And I have no idea of what 'auto search engine capture' would be.

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

                  @leocg Hi, I have been looking for something search engine related too, so let me weigh in here.
                  In Chrome, when you visit a search engine that is not yet listed as one of the available search engines in the browser, Chrome will add it to the list and you can even choose to use it as the default SE.

                  To be exact, I would like the SE https://Searx.me/ added, and I did add it manually, however it won't search anything from the address bar, it will just direct me to the home page. Maybe I did something wrong, but I can't find out what.

                  Anyway, adding the feature would not only solve my problem, but make it easier for everyone.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

                    @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.

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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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