Firefox Address Bar Tips

Re:Firefox Address Bar Tips by rascul on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:10AM (#36666714)

I use this often. I just wish there was a way to escape the keyword. Like for example if I wanted to do a web search for "hn firefox address bar" I have to click the correct search engine with my mouse. Maybe there's a method I'm not aware of.

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Re:Firefox Address Bar Tips by velut on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:15AM (#36666784)

You can press Ctrl+K or type a `?` before the search query and Firefox will use your default search engine without expanding the bookmark macro.

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Re:Firefox Address Bar Tips by rascul on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:23AM (#36666903)

I notice that ? is mentioned in the submitted article, but I didn't get what you said from it. Regardless, ? is apparently what I needed to solve my problem. Thanks!

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Re:Firefox Address Bar Tips by notRobot on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:12AM (#36666746)

I think you can have the keywords begin with a # or a @ or a ! (a la DDG bangs).

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Re:Firefox Address Bar Tips by usea on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:14AM (#36666773)

you can make another keyword search for your search engine, and use that instead of a naked search. like: "g hn firefox address bar"

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