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What is Omnibox?

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How can i use it?

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best response confirmed by TrueGame (Iron Contributor)
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Hi,

This is called Omnibox (also called Address bar) and you've already been using it all the time

 

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The Omnibox is similar to the traditional web browser address bar, but you can also use it like a search engine. you get search suggestions, you can see website's address, you can paste full URLs in it. basically it's the key to the world wide web and every modern browser now has one.

 

Is there anything useful omnibox features in edge://flags?

Yeah

in the search if you type Omnibox, you get all these flags

 

Spoiler

Omnibox rich entity suggestions

Display entity suggestions using images and an enhanced layout; showing more context and descriptive text about the entity. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-rich-entity-suggestions
        

Omnibox History Quick Provider Allow Midword Continuations

Midword matches are allowed and scored when the match begins immediately after the previous match ends. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-history-quick-provider-allow-midword-continuations
        

Omnibox tab switch suggestions

Enable suggestions for switching to open tabs within the Omnibox. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-tab-switch-suggestions
 

Omnibox Pedal suggestions

Enable omnibox Pedal suggestions to accelerate actions within Microsoft Edge by detecting user intent and offering direct access to the end goal. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-pedal-suggestions
    

Omnibox UI Max Autocomplete Matches

Changes the maximum number of autocomplete matches displayed in the Omnibox UI. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-ui-max-autocomplete-matches
  

Query in Omnibox

Only display query terms in the omnibox when viewing a search results page. – Mac, Windows

#enable-query-in-omnibox
        

Warning for Passive Mixed Content

Causes a 'Not Secure' chip to be shown in the omnibox if a site contains passive (aka optionally blockable) mixed content. – Mac, Windows

#passive-mixed-content-warning
 

Omnibox Preserve Default Match Against Async Update

Preserves the default match against change when providers return results asynchronously. This prevents the default match from changing after the user finishes typing. Without this feature, if the default match is updated right when the user presses Enter, the user may go to a surprising destination. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-preserve-default-match-against-async-update
   

Omnibox History Quick Provider Allow but Do Not Score Midword Terms

Midword terms are allowed but not scored. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-history-quick-provider-allow-but-do-not-score-midword-terms
   

Omnibox Loose Max Limit on Dedicated Rows

Enables not counting submatch suggestions towards total suggestion count. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-loose-max-limit-on-dedicated-rows
    

Omnibox short bookmark suggestions

Match very short input words to beginning of words in bookmark suggestions. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-short-bookmark-suggestions
     

Logging Textfield Lag

Logs if the omnibox has any significant lag for an ammount of time – Mac, Windows

#edge-log-textfield-lag
        

Use Aura for Omnibox

Compose Omnibox using Aura instead of using a popup window – Windows

#edge-omnibox-aura
 

 

 

I personally have enabled these flags

 

 

Spoiler

Omnibox rich entity suggestions

Display entity suggestions using images and an enhanced layout; showing more context and descriptive text about the entity. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-rich-entity-suggestions
       

Omnibox History Quick Provider Allow Midword Continuations

Midword matches are allowed and scored when the match begins immediately after the previous match ends. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-history-quick-provider-allow-midword-continuations
       

Omnibox tab switch suggestions

Enable suggestions for switching to open tabs within the Omnibox. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-tab-switch-suggestions
       

Omnibox Pedal suggestions

Enable omnibox Pedal suggestions to accelerate actions within Microsoft Edge by detecting user intent and offering direct access to the end goal. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-pedal-suggestions
         

Omnibox UI Max Autocomplete Matches

Changes the maximum number of autocomplete matches displayed in the Omnibox UI. – Mac, Windows

#omnibox-ui-max-autocomplete-matches
         

Query in Omnibox

Only display query terms in the omnibox when viewing a search results page. – Mac, Windows

#enable-query-in-omnibox
     

Warning for Passive Mixed Content

Causes a 'Not Secure' chip to be shown in the omnibox if a site contains passive (aka optionally blockable) mixed content. – Mac, Windows

#passive-mixed-content-warning

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/an-interesting-feature-replacing-urls-with-search...

 

 

Thank you
Anytime!
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best response confirmed by TrueGame (Iron Contributor)
Solution

Hi,

This is called Omnibox (also called Address bar) and you've already been using it all the time

 

fdsfds.png

 

 

 

The Omnibox is similar to the traditional web browser address bar, but you can also use it like a search engine. you get search suggestions, you can see website's address, you can paste full URLs in it. basically it's the key to the world wide web and every modern browser now has one.

 

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