<![CDATA[Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords]]>I use search engine keywords to go to sites faster. I define a search engine with no %s in it and I use the keyword in the address bar to go there. Unlike Firefox, Opera requires a blank after the keyword to make it work. This is annoying. The keyword is two characters long, and the blank increases its length by 50%. Could you please remove this requirement?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/42387/allow-direct-access-to-search-engines-pages-using-keywordsRSS for NodeFri, 14 Aug 2026 07:42:30 GMTSat, 25 Jul 2020 10:35:22 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:40:04 GMT]]>@doru001 Yes, Opera is based on Chromium like many other browsers.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218989https://forums.opera.com/post/218989Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:40:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:30:17 GMT]]>@leocg I believe that chromium is older than Opera and therefore Opera copied its interface.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218982https://forums.opera.com/post/218982Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:30:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:51:38 GMT]]>@doru001 Why should I know details?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218976https://forums.opera.com/post/218976Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:51:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:18:53 GMT]]>@leocg No blank required.
Opera's Settings page is very similar to that of chromium, I thought you know details ... 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218974https://forums.opera.com/post/218974Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:18:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:56:48 GMT]]>@doru001 By the way, how things work in other Chromium based browsers?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218969https://forums.opera.com/post/218969Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:56:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:50:03 GMT]]>@doru001 Because people do it?
But I guess I understand now the feature you are requesting.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218968https://forums.opera.com/post/218968Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:50:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:39:57 GMT]]>Why, you expect me to access a two character URL or to search a two character string on Google?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/218965https://forums.opera.com/post/218965Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:39:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Allow direct access to search engines pages using keywords on Sat, 25 Jul 2020 13:34:14 GMT]]>@doru001 It seems to me that Firefox is the doing it wrongly

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