In addition to performing general web searches using your default search engine, you can also easily search specific websites directly from the Firefox address bar. Now you can assign a keyword shortcut to your favorite search engines to make it easier to perform a search.

For example, you might assign @shopping to your built-in Amazon search or an abbreviated search engine name:

Assign search shortcuts

You can assign search shortcuts to your favorite search engines:

1. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Settings (select Preferences on older macOS versions).Click the menu button and select Settings.
2. Click Search on the left panel.
3. Scroll down to One-Click Search Engines.
4. Double-click on the Keyword column for the search engine you want to assign a shortcut to.
5. Enter @ followed by your search shortcut keyword. For example: @ddg for DuckDuckGo.