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HotCakeX
MVP
Oct 16, 2019
saad47
saad47 wrote:
Drew1903 there is slight misunderstanding I am not talking about 'how to change default search engine' what I am saying is using 'search shortcuts' in the address bar similar to firefox. It makes it easy to switch between search engines.
That would be really good, i'd vote for it too
- seancorfield
  Iron Contributor
  Oct 16, 2019
  HotCakeX That feature already exists in Edge Dev/Canary (and probably in Beta too?). It's just hard to find!
  
  Settings > Privacy and services > Address bar (it's right at the bottom of Privacy and services) > Manage search engines
  
  You may already have some registered -- Bing, at least, possibly others that Edge has been able to auto-detect -- but you can add anything new you want.
  
  Example, adding imdb as a keyword to search IMDB: you can find the search URL by going to the website and doing a search for something and seeing what it produces, e.g.,
  
  https://www.imdb.com/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&q=microsoft&s=all
  
  Now you can Add a new "search engine":
  IMDB (or whatever for the name of it)
  imdb (or whatever keyword you want, e.g., movies)
  https://www.imdb.com/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&q=%s&s=all (which is our search URL above with %s instead of our random search string)
  Now type imdb followed by a space into the address bar. It should change into "Search IMDB" and then whatever you type will be used in that URL for a search!
  
  I have dozens of these set up for searching sites I commonly use.
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Oct 16, 2019
    seancorfield
    
    Ah I know that already, Thanks xD
    
    just install a Firefox and you'll see what i mean 😉
    
    here is a screenshot
    
    you can search in different search engines and change them on the fly without the need to go to the settings every time unnecessarily.
Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Sep 15, 2019
saad47

I had understood you. What I showed you was as close as it comes, I'm afraid. Don't seem to have that FF way. Although, another person, I see, suggested an approach. You might suggest it to Mr. Smiley. It is a cool idea to have included in the browser.

Cheers,
Drew
seancorfield
Iron Contributor
Sep 15, 2019
saad47 The feature is there but it is hard to find:

Settings > Privacy and Services > Address Bar (down at the bottom) > Manage Search Engines

That lists every site your browser has seen that supports a search function. By default, it assumes that the domain name is the "keyword" to trigger the search, so:

google.com microsoft edge

will use Google to search for Microsoft Edge. But you can adjust the keyword to whatever you want. I have a number of searches keyed off short words for sites I use a lot. In most cases I will edit the short cut to remove the domain, so:

google sean corfield

will use Google to search for my name.
- saad47
  Copper Contributor
  Sep 16, 2019
  seancorfield Thanks mate! this is a pretty neat shortcut. I didn't know that.

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