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    [Solved]The combined Address Search bar is no longer working

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    • RonM
      RonM last edited by leocg

      Today I went to log into my email I go to the Adress and search bar and put in m and it comes up with my two mail links. Today it didn't do that then I tried search and that did not work only putting in a valid URL worked. it comes up with a pushed out box with a globe saying secure site on it today it never did that before. I can search through the google search bar on the but why was the search taken away from the URL address line? will it come back or will this be permenant?

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @RonM last edited by

        @ronm Even if you change the search engine, you can't search?

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        • RonM
          RonM @leocg last edited by

          @leocg I changed from DuckDuckgo to Google does the same thing. I reset the setting and still not working like before.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @RonM last edited by

            @ronm But you can search?

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            • RonM
              RonM @leocg last edited by

              @leocg I can search from the speed dial. I am developing an web page now I can't put in the ip address to go to my development machine. Something is wrong I will reboot at the end of the day see if that fixes it.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @RonM last edited by

                @ronm What happens when you try to search using the address bar?

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                • RonM
                  RonM @leocg last edited by

                  @leocg it does nothing at home the opera is working fine so the reboot should fix it it has been up for about 4 weeks now so it needs a refresh i guess

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @RonM last edited by

                    @ronm So you type something, press enter and nothing happens? And if you use the Go button?

                    Already checked with extensions disabled? And what about with a clean profile?

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                    • RonM
                      RonM @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg Good Morning I closed opera and reopened it and everything is fine now. but my reset of setting I have to configure the way I had it now. The reset did not work until it was closed and opened again. Problem has gone away all is fine. Thank you for your concern.

                      Ron

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                      • auxce
                        auxce last edited by

                        Not solved.

                        Address bar search works after reopening but the problem returns after some time the browser is opened:

                        Typing a search string into address bar -> [Enter] -> nothing happens.

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                        • davidr
                          davidr last edited by

                          I am experiencing the exact same thing: whether in a new or existing tab, whether in a new or existing window, if I click in the address/search bar, type, and press Enter, nothing happens. It doesn't matter whether I type a search string or a Web address known to be valid (even with https://www and all): nothing happens. The typing appears dimmed as I type, and there is a globe icon at the left of the bar. However, in a private window everything works as it should. I'm using Opera v. 78.0.4093.147, which should be the latest version.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @davidr last edited by

                            @davidr If it works in a private windows, then most probably a extension is causing the problem. It could be a broken profile too.

                            So far I couldn't reproduce the problem.

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                            • davidr
                              davidr @leocg last edited by

                              @leocg said in [Solved]The combined Address Search bar is no longer working:

                              @davidr If it works in a private windows, then most probably a extension is causing the problem. It could be a broken profile too.

                              So far I couldn't reproduce the problem.

                              Thanks, Leo. It's strange, because it only began happening recently, and I haven't altered my extensions or profile. Could it perhaps be connected to the enhanced address bar?

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @davidr last edited by

                                @davidr Don't know. I see that opera://flags/#enhanced-address-bar was disabled here, I enabled it and will see if it triggers the problem.

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                                • leocg
                                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @davidr last edited by

                                  @davidr Even with Enhanced Address Bar enabled, i still can't reproduce the issue.

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                                  • davidr
                                    davidr @leocg last edited by

                                    @leocg , thanks for working on it. I have to think it's a newly introduced bug of some kind, since several of us are now reporting it. Further info: if I type into the address/search bar in an existing tab and hit Enter, it doesn't do anything but reload the existing page, reinserting its address into the bar.

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                                    • saur
                                      saur last edited by

                                      I have exactly the same issue, last stable installed.
                                      Similar to this bug:
                                      https://forums.opera.com/topic/44882/solved-address-search-bar-doesn-t-work-won-t-let-me-enter-grays-out-text-etc/175

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                                      • davidr
                                        davidr last edited by

                                        Just updated to Version:78.0.4093.184, and it seems to be fixed. Hopefully for good--as @saur points out, it was reported and supposedly fixed last November!

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                                        • davidr
                                          davidr @davidr last edited by davidr

                                          Aaannd no it's not. The problem is back today, still not fixed.

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                                          • liero
                                            liero @davidr last edited by

                                            Yeah it's frustrating because it's a problem that seems to happen after several minutes to hours of use. Once it happens, if I open a new tab, type in a website URL and hit enter, nothing happens.

                                            In my limited experimenting I've done, I've noticed that if I open a new tab, type in a URL, say, Google.com for example, switch to a different tab, and then switch back to the tab I was typing the URL in, and THEN hit enter, it will navigate to google. But the problem still persists, it doesn't fix it. Additionally if you then try to go from google.com to youtube.com using the same trick (type in URL, don't hit enter, switch to a different tab, then switch back), it will begin to navigate...but won't actually go anywhere.

                                            Curiously I've noticed if I Ctrl-N and open a new window, the address bar in the new Opera window works perfectly fine and behaves as expected, but the address bar on the old Opera window still doesn't work.

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