<![CDATA[How to change the search engine in quick search on the sidebar?]]>Appeared this search in version 52.0.2871.97 (icon-magnifying glass), the default is Yandex, in the settings you can change the search engine only to search from the combined address bar

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/26312/how-to-change-the-search-engine-in-quick-search-on-the-sidebarRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 15:37:52 GMTWed, 25 Apr 2018 23:34:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to change the search engine in quick search on the sidebar? on Sat, 28 Apr 2018 10:22:17 GMT]]>@leocg So we dont have freedom to choose search engine? Hm... IE in Windows is monopoly. but fixed engine in opera is OK?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145314https://forums.opera.com/post/145314Sat, 28 Apr 2018 10:22:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to change the search engine in quick search on the sidebar? on Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:01:22 GMT]]>Omnibox (API) functionality can be changed, but OPR doesn't allow those addons to the Addons Gallery that edit forced defaults.

Hmm. CWS has one extension that changes default Google functionality and it works but it's nowhere near as ideal as it could be, and one can code for urself 🙂 if that's a possibility.

One roundabout shortcut comes to mind but it wont be quick: get Web Panel addon and do your searches on the web panel. One can add whatever search engine~ Latest version check Github if you will.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/145081https://forums.opera.com/post/145081Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:01:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to change the search engine in quick search on the sidebar? on Wed, 25 Apr 2018 23:36:16 GMT]]>@sashaloki Instant search seems to use the same search engine used on start page and there is no way to change it.
You can try change the country code in 'local state' file to try to get Google instead of Yandex.

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