Search box in address bar
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Damifino last edited by
I sent a request to opera support to return the option to put a search box in the address bar. They replied they where going to look in to it. However, I searched further and found my request/question had been rejected. With no explanation.
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emily-coding last edited by@Damifino You need to add a custom pattern URL for your specific search engine: Google example: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s
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Moved from Opera for Windows by
leocg
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Damifino last edited by
@emily-coding Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately I am a amateur and have no idea how to do that. My issue is the option to put a search box in the address bar is no longer a option in the settings menu. I am going to see if I can install a previous version of Opera which has it.
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Damifino last edited by
@emily-coding Emily, I installed a previous version of Opera (Dec 2025) and all is well. However, I need some way to prevent Opera from automatically updating to the current version. Any ideas?
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emily-coding last edited by emily-coding
@Damifino the relevant flag (opera://flags/#search-box-in-address-bar) has also been removed. This means Opera developers have removed the old interface element as a result of modern UX decisions. Unfortunately, you have no choice but to revert to an older version or use the Address Bar as a "Pure Search Box".
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andrew84 last edited by
@Damifino Yes, the search box was removed starting from 126 version > https://forums.opera.com/post/398095
Regarding the disabling the autoupdate feature you can check this thread > https://forums.opera.com/post/188248
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Damifino last edited by
@emily-coding I installed a version from Dec 2025 and disabled the auto-update in the registry'
