Assign shortcuts to search engines
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- Creator: AliceWyman
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Search shortcuts let you perform a search on your address bar without having to click on a search icon or visiting its page. You can do this by typing in your search shortcut keyword, followed by a space and your search term.
Popular search engine shortcuts will appear on your new tab page as a tile with a magnifying glass. Clicking on these tiles then typing in a search will automatically put the search shortcut keyword and a space into your address bar.
Assign search shortcuts
You can assign search shortcuts to your favorite search engines:
- In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click and select (select on older macOS versions).Click the menu button
and select .
- Click on the left panel.
- Scroll down to One-Click Search Engines.
- Double-click on the Keyword column for the search engine you want to assign a shortcut to.
- Enter your search shortcut keyword. For example: @ddg for DuckDuckGo.