how to change mozilla firefox search engine

There is also additional search options with the latest Firefox, if you right click in any (most/some) search boxes, even the one at the top of this SU page, you can 'Add keyword to this site'. This is speculation but I believe this functionality was removed to prevent search hijacking. I found a plugin ( instruction on setting up There is nothing which replaces it (in the same area). However, as it currently stands, it looks like the Keyword.Url parameter has been removed. To add a new provider to the list which affects both the 'awesome bar' (now called location bar I think) and the search bar, choose the engine from the search box drop down arrow (beside the Purple Y for Yahoo! (near to the number 2)) So, if the search bar is set to Yahoo, then so it will be when you search (see screen below) The address bar (1) and the search bar (2) share the same settings. The option of Keyword.Url, as of FF23, has been removed. Now just delete everything after the ' =' that's just before your chosen keyword. In your address bar, there should be an URL containing your keyword. Perform a search with an easily recognisable keyword like 'HELLOWORLD' If you want an other search engine, and don't know the query URL, do the following: Some examples for search engines' query URLs: If you double click the entry, you can change the value.īy default it should be set to google, which uses this query URL: It's possible it's a bit different but it should be similar.

Now look for an entry that's titled ' keyword.URL', this is the config key that contains which search URL to use when you search through your address bar. In FireFox, in your address bar type about:configĪnd press Enter.

How to change mozilla firefox search engine