Direct youtube search if tab pressed. Like in chrome
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memeblaster last edited by
If you have used youtube in chrome, you can just type y and press tab to search directly on youtube. That is an awesome feature, I'd love if opera had it !
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Soggow last edited by SoggowYou can do that on Opera as well!
Go on Settings and under Search Engines press "Add", then you need to complete the fields. Do that this way:- Search Engine: Custom Description;
- Key: the word you want to use for this search engine. In your case it would be "y" but I think you can't use 1 single character on Opera, I used "yt" and it worked for me;
- URL: this is the URL the browser has to use to start the query. For YouTube it would be "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s". The "%s" in the URL will be replaced with the text you search.
Now save it and it should work! You just need to use write <key> <what you want to search for> on the address bar and it will search directly in YouTube! Please note that you just need to put a space between the key and the text. You can do that with a lot of websites, personally I use it for Wordreference (dictionary).
I'm on Opera GX but it should be similar (if not the same) for Opera. -
memeblaster last edited by
@Soggow That's a cool trick ! Thanks !
Although, I'd have loved if they allowed tab or something, but I can make do ! -
Soggow last edited by
I just noticed that "y" is already used on Opera GX for Yahoo! Search and I can't delete that, so that is why you can't use the letter for YouTube, you can use 1 single letter as a key tho.
Just wanted to point that out since I was wrong in my previous answer. -
Soggow last edited by
@memeblaster Yeah the reason we can't use it (TAB) is that it is already used to browse the suggestions that come up while you search. We can't change that in the settings as far as I know
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lucasfxd last edited by
2021 and we still don't have this. having to add manually every single site to search and remember keywords is terrible! why don't use the same chrome system that is so much better??
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Felpa last edited by@soggow U simply just changed my online life, cause it annoyed me too much having lost that yo>>TAB shortcut, but, now?? I'm adding every main database and forum I use to consult (which I do a lot) for gaming and studying and I feel much more "powerful"(?) and enjoying my time. Like a dead ex, I'm completely over yo>>TAB thanks to you.
Thank u
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fabricioz last edited by
@soggow it does help but it's not the same thing, not at all.
Chrome does add search engines for each website in which you make a search.
Then, when you start typing the website (i.e: "yout" of "youtube), it will allow you to press tab to search directly into that website, without having to write the full url, name or even shortcut.I really love Opera and would love to use it for everything, but not having this simple feature by 2021 is a deal breaker for me. And I don't get why. Isn't Opera supposed to be smarter than other browsers?
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Soggow last edited by
@fabricioz Oh, I see! I didn't know about this feature at all so thanks for telling me! This would actually be nice if it was implemented in Opera
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Campyfire last edited by
I up this, this makes searching easier tbh. i can probably do what Soggow used but im so used to just pressing Tab at this point.
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fouSieVa last edited by
Same here! I miss this feature and it is also a dealbreaker.
I only use Chrome for Google related Sites. Mostly, I like listening to podcasts on Youtube, while playing some games. Noticing Chrome feasts a lot of Ram, the Ram/CPU Limiter in Opera GX is super interesting for me. But i need to say, that the switch between tabs is different compared to firefox and chrome - and the type "y+tab" to search youtube is not giving... i think of uninstalling Opera GX again - even if I like this browser. It doesnt feel as fast as without the mentioned shortcuts. -
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