Allow disabling of default search engine hotkeys
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cupped last edited byI know it's super annoying to have old posts being bumped; but this feature has been driving me up a wall.
The inability to remove unnecessary search shortcuts is so painful. There will never be a time where I will search something on Amazon through my Opera search bar instead of Amazon's search bar on their website. I'd love to be able to remove it.
Opera always allows so many customization options, so it's so weird that this is one of the very view things you can't adjust within your browser - and it's a thing that causes a huge inconvenience. (At least on my end.)
As stated before, switching it to "tab" instead of "tab and space" does nothing. It's useless. If nothing else, have that be functional to some degree? So it has to be an intentional effort to search with the shortcut feature, instead of being forced onto me?
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gbws last edited by
It seems that you are facing with default search engine hotkeys can be frustrating and disruptive to your browsing experience.you are using Opera GX and having difficulty searching for a specific show due to the hotkeys automatically switching search engine to Bing and deleting the letter "B" from search query.
One potential solution could be to disable or customize the default search engine hotkeys.
Another potential solution could be to offer a setting that allows to choose default search engine,which could prevent the browser from automatically switching to a different search engine when the user types in a specific search query.
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Nordlys last edited by
@gbws You cannot delete the default search engines, or edit them or their hotkeys in any way. This was added to Opera a long while ago, and I assume it has to do with paid deals with these brands, since it would otherwise make little sense to enforce it. Though it could also be a unified user experience choice. Either way, I have a feeling that Opera won't change this.
I have two workarounds for the issue:
- Use the keyword for your default search engine in these instances. E.g. "g b positive"
- Type out your search (e.g. "b positive"), then press tab or arrow keys to select your default search engine (should be the second option).
None of these will fix the annoyance of having a shortcut to a search engine that you don't want to use, but will allow you to search without going to the main page of the search engine first.
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manifesto last edited by
This is an easy fix to. All the dev. team would need to do is to add a toggle switch like they do for most other settings.
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PheonixFlame2130 last edited by2 years later and the problem still hasn't been fixed, this is ridiculous.
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newworldman last edited by
@pheonixflame2130 I just tried "b positive" (including quotes) with DuckDuckGo as default and it did a DuckDuckGo search. Also works with Google as default. In fact, I think you only need the start quote.
Anyway, that's the workaround until Opera decides to allow editability in this area.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@pheonixflame2130 It's not a bug that needs to be fixed, but a suggestion/request that may or may not be accepted.
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honger last edited by
I am amazed this has been requested for more than two years already and devs still think that not being able to disable this simple feature is a great addition to the browser. I have to search through Google's website because I am a Pole and a good chunk of my queries start from the "w" word. Is promoting Xzibit really much more profitable than answering people's requests?
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VitalityVentures last edited by
I disagree, this is the most annoying browser behavior if you're coming from somewhere else. At the very least, I want the ability to reassign the keys, for example Y should be Youtube not Yahoo.
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leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@vitalityventures Even though, there is nothing to be fixed since it was designed to work that way.
If, one day, Opera will accept the requests to change the behavior and allow modifying or disable the search engines triggers, only time will tell.
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Epsilon1123 last edited by
Okay, I'm trying to search "z score tables" online and am getting redirected to Amazon. Why on earth would there not be a setting to either disable the hotkeys, or change them? What genius implemented this feature, I must know, as with money comes stupidity.
Either way, this should be moved as a bug, since the "Space and Tab" and "Tab" feature is busted. Absolutely frustrating to deal with, and having nothing done over however many years since this has first been mentioned in any thread.
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shinobicat5 last edited by
Ok, I'm not crazy. This is a thing. I was trying to search the "d scale" for music and it kept sending me to DDG's "scale" search results.
- This sucks.
- I've had OperaGX for almost a year now, I'm surprised I haven't run into this sooner.
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azerdgzgrgrg last edited by
@leocg every one requested for this to change they can just add a toggle to it so if u use this thing u continue to use it even though no one uses it and if u r normal human being like 99.99% of ppl u will disable it
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VitalityVentures last edited by
@blt123 The only fix for this annoying accessibility issue/poor UI decision is to switch to another browser, which is what I have done.
This functionality is the only complaint I have with the browser, but it's a deal-breaker for me.
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blt123 last edited by
@vitalityventures yeah ive been considering switching as well, ive just ran into to this issue on too many occasions
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