Firefox makes it easy to search the Web, your bookmarks or history all in one field. You can even change your search settings to use your favorite search engine as the default, or to turn search suggestions on or off.
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Firefox makes it easy to search the Web, your bookmarks or history all in one field. You can even change your search settings to use your favorite search engine as the default, turn search suggestions on or off or set search shortcuts.
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The address bar autocomplete feature lets you search everything on it: bookmarks, history or search engines, or enter a specific web address, all in one field. Simply type into the field above your toolbar and choose from your history, bookmarks, and multiple search engines or press the returnEnter key to search using your default search engine.
You can also type into the search bar on your toolbar or on the New Tab page.
Firefox can show you popular searches for your default search engine as you're typing. See Search suggestions in Firefox.
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When you open the New Tab page, tiles with a magnifying glass icon in the Top Sites section are search engine shortcuts. (See the next section for more about available search engines.) Click on a search shortcut tile and start typing in your search. Firefox will automatically put your search shortcut into the address bar.
To remove a search shortcut, simply position your mouse over the tile, click on its three-dots icon and select Unpin from the menu. To add a search engine shortcut, position your mouse over your Top Sites section, click on its three dots on the right side and select Add search engine. See this Mozilla Blog post to learn more about search shortcuts.
Note: You can also assign search shortcut keywords to other search engines. See Assign shortcuts to search engines.
Firefox comes with the following search engines by default, depending on your country:
Some of these search engines will appear directly as a tile on the New Tab page for your convenience.
Customize your search settings: If these settings aren't right for you, changing them is easy. To learn how, see Change your default search settings in Firefox and Add or remove a search engine in Firefox.
Mozilla has dumped Google in favor of Yahoo as Firefox's default search engine in the US. If you've been using and enjoying Google search, the previous default, in Firefox then you'll need to dig into settings to change it back. And while you're rummaging around in Firefox's search settings, there are a few other search options to consider.
Before getting to the new stuff, let us first return Firefox to its old search ways. To get rid of Yahoo search, open Firefox's Preferences and click on the Search tab. (You can also head directly to the search tab in Preferences by typing a letter in Firefox's search bar to call up the search window before clicking Change Search Settings at the bottom of said window.)
From the search tab in Preferences, you'll see Yahoo is selected in the Default Search Engine area. Use the pulldown menu to return it to Google or select one of the other search providers. Just below, there's also a checkbox for Provide search suggestions. With this box checked, it's worth noting that Firefox will provide suggestions as you key in letters in the search bar, but not in the address bar.
Firefox has added a new wrinkle to its search bar, one that lets you quickly use a search engine other than your default for a particular search. As you type in the search bar, it offers to search using an alternate search engine. At the top of the search bar window, just below the search bar and above the search suggestions (if you have them enabled), it shows you your default search engine. Below, it shows icons for other search options, including Bing, DuckDuckGo, Amazon, eBay, Twitter and Wikipedia.
After entering your search term, click on one of the icons to open a new tab with results for that search option. You can also use the down arrow to cycle through the options before hitting Enter to make your selection.
On the same Search settings tab in Preferences, you can choose which of these alternate search engines will be displayed. There is also a link to Add more search providers, which takes you to an Add-ons page where you can add other search sites to Firefox.
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Both Chrome and Firefox web browsers come with great address bars. Although the main purpose of the address bar is to display the current address and let the user change it, the modern browsers let you carry a lot of operations from the address bar itself. For example, you can search the internet, or you can search your bookmarks. Firefox loves to call its address bar as Awesome bar, and Chrome’s address bar is also not less awesome though. In this post, we have covered a few fixes around an issue where users were not able to search the internet using Address Bars in both Chrome and Firefox.
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If you are one of those users who is facing this issue, read on to find out how to fix it. We’d be covering the following solutions; they are covered in detail further in the post.
1. Check if you have the latest version of the browser
Most of the bugs that have been discovered are fixed in recent builds of the software. So make sure you have an up-to-date version of the browser on which you are facing this issue. Updates on Google Chrome can be checked by clicking on three dots in the top right area. Now select Help and then About Google Chrome to open the About page. Now check if you have the latest version of Google Chrome installed. If not, you can update the browser from this page itself.
Follow the same steps on Firefox to update it to the latest available version. If this does not resolve your issue keep following the solutions mentioned in the post.
![]() Mozilla Firefox Search Bar2. Firefox users … edit the keyword.enabled preference
There is a simple workaround available for Firefox users. Type in about:config in browser’s address bar and click on I accept the risk!
Now search for preference called keyword.enabled and make sure it is set to true. You can double click any setting to toggle its value.
3. Chrome Users … clear Chrome data & reopen the browser
If you are facing this issue on Google Chrome, then there is a workaround available. Follow these steps to fix search related issues with address bar on Chrome:
This would clear all your data from Chrome, and the browser would start fresh. Default folder would be automatically created again in the same directory. If you wish to migrate your bookmarks, copy the Bookmarks file from the old folder to the new folder.
4. Reset your browser
Resetting your browser can help resolve a lot of issues. On Google Chrome, go to Settings and scroll down to click on Advanced. Now scroll down to the very bottom and select Restore settings to their original defaults to reset Google Chrome.
Similarly on Firefox, type about:support in the address bar and click on Refresh Firefox… button to give Firefox browser a soft reset.
5. Uninstall & re-install your browser
If nothing seems to be working for you, simply uninstall the browser from your computer. Now re-install the browser by downloading the latest version from the official website. If nothing solves your issue, you can raise it in respective forums and expect a reply from developer teams.
Hope something helps.
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With the multitude of search engines currently available today, you might want to customize Firefox with your favorite search engine. In keeping with its overall flexibility, Firefox has allowed for users to change the search engine in the Firefox search bar. Whether you want Google, Yahoo! or MSN, you can make the change with Firefox.
Change the Search Engine in the Firefox Search BarStep 1
Launch the Firefox Internet browser. Navigate to the search bar in the top right-hand corner of the browser window.
Step 2
Click on the tiny arrow next to the search engine icon (a magnifying glass) and a drop down menu will appear.
Step 3
Change the search engine by clicking on a desired alternative and the new search engine will automatically show up in the search bar.
Step 4
Manage the search engines by clicking on the 'Manage Search Engines' option at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
Step 5
Watch for the new dialog box in the center of your screen, which will contain the list of all installed search engines. If you want to install more search engines, click the 'Get More Search Engines' link and you'll be brought to the Firefox add-ons page for more search bar search engines.
Browse through the options and download any new search engines to the Firefox browser.
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