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    • ever1337
      ever1337 last edited by

      Hello, it annoys me that only a few default search engines exist and i would really appreciate it if the Opera team adds more search engines or adds support for custom search engines.

      Examples

      • Default search engines
        Ecosia, Qwant

      • Fallback search engines
        If Ecosia gives back a message with 5 starting, like 504 then Opera should automatically use another search engine like Qwant.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User @ever1337 last edited by

        @ever1337 Users have been asking Opera this for many years actually since the Windows 7 days. Opera has yet to lift a finger or reply to this suggestion.

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        • zalex108
          zalex108 last edited by

          Since the company's choosen defaults are giving them some kind of revenue, I don't think they will allow to select your own.

          Despite others do.

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          • middlec000
            middlec000 last edited by

            I'd just like to add my support to ever1337's feature request - specifically custom search engines (I'm going for Ecosia but all should be allowed).

            Maybe if enough users voice their support this feature will be added.

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            • agentsmurf
              agentsmurf last edited by

              I rly like this Browser, but with no Support for custom search engines i de-install it.

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              • CG-Locks
                CG-Locks last edited by

                probably wouldn't use it my self but i think for other users it should be a feature

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                • cvillab
                  cvillab last edited by

                  let's assume you are geek and you have your own search engine (whoogle, searX) on premise, and you want to have the possibility of searching in internet freely (not relying in the poor results from Duck, YAnswers, bings & bongs, etc...) but configuring your own search engines, it should be allowed. If it's a matter of money, I do not think we are so many the ones that uses "personalised" search engines so.. why not making happy to the users which are really looking forward to use it.

                  You can always add a new search engine and then start your search by adding the letter you used as keyword (me wh for whoogle or X for searX) but it's not done automatically by the app.

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                  • silverbolt777
                    silverbolt777 last edited by

                    I am uninstalling opera GX for this very reason. Sucks, it's been a good browser otherwise.

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                    • alokdebnath
                      alokdebnath last edited by

                      I just hope that opera listens to this request and make it possible to change the default search engine to any custom search engine as the user wishes. such a basic thing yet its still missing

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                      • kak2321
                        kak2321 last edited by

                        are we ever gonna get this basic feature that's on most web browsers?

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                        • 223mc
                          223mc last edited by

                          there appears to be no way to delete search engines or add new ones. One of the search engines is amazon... really?

                          there are so many other better search engines out there it would be great to be able to use them and replace things like ddg, google and "amazon" what's up with that? Who uses amazon as a search engine?

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                          • morganhendricks
                            morganhendricks last edited by

                            At least have have their be Ecosia on default search engines.

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                            • newworldman
                              newworldman @morganhendricks last edited by

                              @morganhendricks In essence what they need to do here is completely replicate Vivaldi's functionality. Vivaldi is my No. 2 browser but it's getting ever closer to being No. 1 due to this and other issues.

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                              • honokelvi
                                honokelvi @zalex108 last edited by

                                @zalex108 or make it easier to add a new search engine in the files, so they can say we don't allow other default searchengines, but you can easily add new default search engines by modifying a file.

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                                • sora4popla
                                  sora4popla last edited by sora4popla

                                  I was about to make another post on this topic. We need either the ability to add actual custom search engines or at least opera should add more engines.
                                  The very minimum is the big EU-based ones (Qwant, Ecosia, Searx, Startpage, ...); but basically this list is all good, wikipedia and amazon aren't even actual search engines. I can't believe our only alternative to google and microsoft is duck-notsoprivate-duckgo...

                                  Edit: Forgot to add we actually have already ecosia, qwant, and startpage (well and ebay for some weird reason) on android Opera, so "giving revenue" is probably not a thing or they already have a deal with them. Just why.

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                                  • shur3d
                                    shur3d last edited by

                                    Hi,
                                    as the guys mentioned before and other already closed topics suggested before:

                                    • Why is it not possible to use a custom search engine as default
                                    • Its already possible to add them and create shortcuts
                                    • The Button "Use as default" is already there but always inactive
                                    • I dont understand why this has been around for !years!

                                    Today i really wanted to switch to Opera but these basic things prevent me from making it useful for me on a daily basis

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                                    • claymorwan
                                      claymorwan last edited by

                                      It's pretty weird knowing that opera gx for mobile has Qwant, while the pc version doesn't
                                      Here rigth at the end, it says "Default search engine" and Qwant selected
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                                      • dewcansam
                                        dewcansam last edited by dewcansam

                                        You can create custom search engines and it is so easy that it only takes 3 clicks and less than 5 seconds.
                                        Opera Help link: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/search/#defaultSearchEngine

                                        Per Opera Help:

                                        1. Right-click (Ctrl + click on Mac) on a site’s search bar and select Create Search Engine….
                                        2. Assign the engine a name and keyword.
                                        3. Click OK.

                                        If you want to edit them by hand. Go to Settings >> Search engine (basic settings) >> Manage search engines and site search

                                        Default Search Engines:
                                        Amazon - z
                                        Bing - b
                                        DuckDuckGo - d
                                        Google Search - g
                                        Wikipedia - w
                                        Yahoo! - y

                                        Here are a couple that I created.
                                        Custom Search Engines:
                                        Brave Search - v
                                        IMDb - m (movie)
                                        Yandex Search - x
                                        Yandex Image Search - i (image)

                                        Search Engine: Brave Search
                                        Shortcut: v
                                        URL query https://search.brave.com/search?q=%s&source=web

                                        Search Engine: Free Dictionary dot com
                                        Shortcut: f
                                        URL query https://www.thefreedictionary.com/_/search.aspx?tab=1&SearchBy=0&Word=%s&TFDBy=0

                                        Search Engine: IMDb
                                        Shortcut: m
                                        URL query https://www.imdb.com/find/?q=%s

                                        Search Engine: Yandex Search
                                        Shortcut: x
                                        URL query https://yandex.com/search/?text=%s

                                        Search Engine: Yandex Image Search
                                        Shortcut: i
                                        URL query https://yandex.com/images/search?text=%s

                                        To use the custom search just type the letter then a space followed by your search. You MUST have a space after the shortcut letter.
                                        Like this: "i pontiac gto"

                                        edit: the IMDb advanced search was not working and I had to remove it.

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                                        • dewcansam
                                          dewcansam @dewcansam last edited by

                                          Here is the Qwant settings:
                                          Search Engine: qwant
                                          Shortcut: q
                                          URL query https://www.qwant.com/?q=%s

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                                          • ArcticTechy
                                            ArcticTechy last edited by

                                            Come on Opera let us set our own or atleast add more option like Brave Search, startpage and the other exsamples in this list

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