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    After updating to Version 40.0.2308.62 (latest) i got this issue

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    • leocg
      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      When had been the last time you updated Opera? Yahoo has been one of the default search engines since a long time.

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      • kamild1996
        kamild1996 last edited by

        Yes, I'm having the same exact issue after my browser updated to Opera 40! I'm used to regularily visiting same websites by typing their first letter in the address bar and pressing Enter. Now that Opera shows search engines first, for most websites (which just happen to start with b , d and g) I can no longer do that anymore.
        Please tell me it can be disabled somewhere... I can't find it anywhere in settings, maybe I'm looking wrong.

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        • cowsrcoooll
          cowsrcoooll last edited by

          i have opera on auto update... and i use opera daily buy yesterday i got a notification to restart opera to apply the update and then that started happening

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          • cowsrcoooll
            cowsrcoooll last edited by

            are they planning on changing that? cuz if not then me and opera had a long nice run but it will be over

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

              are they planning on changing that?

              I don't think so. No public comments on this at least.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                Please tell me it can be disabled somewhere... I can't find it anywhere in settings, maybe I'm looking wrong.

                It seems to be something unrelated to this topic.

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                • cowsrcoooll
                  cowsrcoooll last edited by

                  Please tell me it can be disabled somewhere... I can't find it anywhere in settings, maybe I'm looking wrong.

                  It seems to be something unrelated to this topic.

                  how is that not related to this topic? that's the whole point of this topic

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                    how is that not related to this topic? that's the whole point of this topic

                    This topic is about search engines keywords and not about search suggestions.

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                      OK, it seems that I misunderstood the problem here.

                      Well, if I just type y in the address bar, Opera autocompletes it with www.youtube.com.

                      And this has been the behaviour since quite a while.

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                      • kamild1996
                        kamild1996 last edited by

                        Here's how it works like for me: https://gfycat.com/ScalyInfiniteIbis

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                        • leocg
                          leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                          Here's how it works like for me: https://gfycat.com/ScalyInfiniteIbis

                          OK, I've re-checked here and indeed if you press a letter associated with a search engine the auto-complete will not do anything.

                          I don't know a way to change it and also don't know if it's a bug or something changed by design.

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                          • kamild1996
                            kamild1996 last edited by

                            Oh, and search suggestions disappeared from the search bar (not the address bar!).
                            Well, long time since I tried Vivaldi, got to switch to it again I guess 😉

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                            • poehalcho
                              poehalcho last edited by

                              This has to change. It's horrible. I've been enjoying opera, but this seemingly minor annoyance is pushing me very hard to move on to vivaldi. It's straight up hijacking my internet behaviour for the sake of a sponsor, I ain't havin' that.
                              I understand won't get patched immediately, but I really hope the team doesn't let this carry on longer than necessary.

                              Meanwhile, anyone got a solution available?

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                              • lando242
                                lando242 last edited by

                                There is a way to change the letter assignments but its a pain in the butt. Give this a shot:

                                1. Go to opera://about to learn your paths
                                2. Close the browser
                                3. Copy siteprefs.json from %installation-root%\profile to %installation-root%%opera-version%\resources
                                4. In %installation-root% remove default_partner_content.json then rename *siteprefs.json to default_partner_content.json and set read-only access on it
                                5. Remove default_partner_content.json from %installation-root%\profile

                                This will blow out all of the built-in search engines except Google, which is a hardcoded fallback. You can now use any of the previously used letters for custom search engines. You can't make any of them your default search engines, though.

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                                • poehalcho
                                  poehalcho last edited by

                                  Yes! works like a charm. Good thing it was such an easy fix.
                                  Thanks.

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                                  • kamild1996
                                    kamild1996 last edited by

                                    There is a way to change the letter assignments but its a pain in the butt. Give this a shot:

                                    1. Go to opera://about to learn your paths
                                    2. Close the browser
                                    3. Copy siteprefs.json from %installation-root%\profile to %installation-root%%opera-version%\resources
                                    4. In %installation-root% remove default_partner_content.json then rename siteprefs.json* to **default_partner_content.json and set read-only access on it
                                    5. Remove default_partner_content.json from %installation-root%\profile
                                      This will blow out all of the built-in search engines except Google, which is a hardcoded fallback. You can now use any of the previously used letters for custom search engines. You can't make any of them your default search engines, though.

                                    Thank you but I'm unable to find the "profile" folder in my installation directory. There are only two folders with different Opera version, and also "Assets" and "old_status".

                                    EDIT: Nvm, it wasn't in %installation-root%, it was in a profile path (for the first and last path in these instructions). Now it works, thank you! A lot of work to turn off such a silly feature 🙂

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                                    • poehalcho
                                      poehalcho last edited by

                                      Crap. It worked like a charm...
                                      After restarting my browser 2x it just comes back again. Even though stuff was set to read only 😨

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                                      • kamild1996
                                        kamild1996 last edited by

                                        Crap. It worked like a charm...
                                        After restarting my browser 2x it just comes back again. Even though stuff was set to read only 😨

                                        Oh, that's true. After a few reboots the workaround stopped working for me as well. Great...

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