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    • sgunhouse
      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      Not unless you stay there a long time - it doesn't check your location often.

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      • vince42
        vince42 last edited by

        Why does the Instant Search feature just apply the global search engine setting? I am using DuckDuckGo (region-independent) and expect the instant search to use this search engine as well? Why so complicated?!

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        • leocg
          leocg Moderator Volunteer @vince42 last edited by

          @vince42 Already answered, Instant Search uses start page search engine.

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          • vince42
            vince42 @leocg last edited by

            @leocg said in Instant search — change search engine:

            @vince42 Already answered, Instant Search uses start page search engine.

            Do you mean the default search engine that is active, when the speed dial page is open? I do not have a "start page" in Opera, my start page (when making a new window) is the speed dial page. How do I open the "start page"?

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @vince42 last edited by

              @vince42 Speed Dial is part of start page. And yes, I mean that search engine.

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              • vince42
                vince42 @leocg last edited by

                @leocg Thanks for the clarification: In that case, the functionality is broken: I have DuckDuckGo as default search engine, which is used in the speed dial page - and the Instant Search is not using it, but Goggle.

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @vince42 last edited by

                  @vince42 I don't remember Opera using DDG in start page search anywhere. Do you get it with a clean installation?

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                  • vince42
                    vince42 @leocg last edited by

                    @leocg said in Instant search — change search engine:

                    @vince42 I don't remember Opera using DDG in start page search anywhere. Do you get it with a clean installation?

                    After installing Opera, I set DDG as default engine and when I enter something in the address bar it delivers results from DDG. I do not know which start page you are referring to - that might be the reason.

                    To keep a long story short: why would I would like different search engines in my browser? It should suffice to say: this is my start page - use it everywhere, right?

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                    • leocg
                      leocg Moderator Volunteer @vince42 last edited by

                      @vince42 Above your speed dials there is a search box, unless you have hidden it in settings.
                      That's the search engine used by instant search.

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                      • vince42
                        vince42 @leocg last edited by

                        @leocg said in Instant search — change search engine:

                        @vince42 Above your speed dials there is a search box, unless you have hidden it in settings.
                        That's the search engine used by instant search.

                        Yes, disabled that right from the beginning. Why would I need (and waste space for) two search boxes?

                        And the main question remains unanswered: why would one want different search engine in different search boxes? Especially when there is no way to customize them?

                        Call me crazy, but I think most users would be quite happy, if they would choose one default search engine and the setting would be applied throughout the application. 😉

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                          • rasti
                            rasti @leocg last edited by

                            @leocg Is there any way to change search engine in speed dials and in instant search?

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                            • leocg
                              leocg Moderator Volunteer @rasti last edited by

                              @rasti As answered before, there isn't.

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