Firefox Custom Search – How to Add a Custom Search Engine to Firefox

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Is there a way I can add a custom search URL to the Firefox search bar? e.g. I'd like to provide a URL such as http://blahblah.com?search=%s, where Firefox replaces the %s with the content of the search box.

Both IE and Opera can do this, but I can't figure out how to set it up in Firefox.

Best Answer

Add keywords to the address bar:

For example, you can set up your browser to search for bread at stackoverflow.com by simply typing so bread into the omnibar.

Do this by right-clicking on the search bar on the website you commonly search. You can do this for the Search field on any website.

Right click on the search bar

Specifically:

  1. Go to the site you want to use to search
  2. Right-Click on the search box you fill out on their page (not Firefox's)
  3. Select "Add a keyword"
  4. Enter the keyword to use when you want to search in that site (eg: "so")
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