<![CDATA["Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason]]>In the most recent update, Opera seems to automatically go to a specific search engine when you type the first letter of said search engine in the URL bar and press enter. So if I type B and press enter, I go to Bing, for example. As someone who never uses Yahoo! or Bing, this is very annoying, as I have gotten used to typing "Y" and enter to get to YouTube, or "B" and enter to go to BlackBoard. Is there any way to turn this function off?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/17310/y-enter-goes-to-yahoo-now-for-no-reasonRSS for NodeThu, 16 Jul 2026 02:49:36 GMTWed, 28 Sep 2016 12:10:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:06:02 GMT]]>Yeah... not good enough. My shortcuts are ingrained. I'll rather change browser than accept this change, personally.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107713https://forums.opera.com/post/107713Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:06:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:52:38 GMT]]>

Speed dial means you have to click it. How is that not slower than pressing two keys?

Shouldn't make that much difference.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107641https://forums.opera.com/post/107641Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:52:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:20:13 GMT]]>

You have opera, put them on speed dial, it's even faster then typing a letter.

Speed dial means you have to click it. How is that not slower than pressing two keys?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107636https://forums.opera.com/post/107636Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:20:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:18:55 GMT]]>I couldn't remove search engines from my regular settings page. These search engines are all in a Json file, as described here - http://superuser.com/questions/956087/opera-31-remove-default-search-engines - but I didn't have any success following those tips either.

I also noticed another error that popped up today, that my backspace now also causes the 'back' function to activate while I'm typing in my url bar. I doubt that that was intended.

Right now I mostly just want to undo the most recent update ^_^;

Thanks for the input anyway. I'll see what I can do, but it seems Opera really doesn't like people tempering with their partnerships.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107635https://forums.opera.com/post/107635Wed, 28 Sep 2016 20:18:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:39:26 GMT]]>They are the shortcut letters defined in your settings to be used for those websites. If you removed those search engines it would free up the letters. I knew of a way to do this but it apparently does not stick after a few restarts of the browsers (even though it has worked for me, so, IDK). Search for a way to remove the built-in search engines and it will free up every letter except G, which is hard coded into the browser as a fall back.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107615https://forums.opera.com/post/107615Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:39:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:35:49 GMT]]>You have opera, put them on speed dial, it's even faster then typing a letter.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107613https://forums.opera.com/post/107613Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:35:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:12:01 GMT]]>But why should I have Yahoo and Bing of all things in my suggestions at all? This is also a minor issue with Google, as typing "G" and enter no longer goes to Google.com/ncr as my top suggestion has always been, but the regional version of Google instead.
It's a nuisance, is all I'm saying. I go to these three websites a lot, so I was happy with them being accessible with just one letter.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107610https://forums.opera.com/post/107610Wed, 28 Sep 2016 14:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Y" + enter goes to Yahoo! now for no reason on Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:56:28 GMT]]>Use two-letter shortcuts, which is only reasonable.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/107609https://forums.opera.com/post/107609Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:56:28 GMT