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Type your web searches in the address bar and Firefox will take you to your default search engine results page. Learn how to customize this.

{for not fx23} You can perform web searches right from the address bar. Just type in your search terms and hit Enter. Firefox will take you to the Google search results page. This article will show you how to customize this feature. {/for} {for fx23} You can perform web searches right from the address bar. Just type in your search terms and hit Enter. Firefox will take you to your default search engine results page. This article will show you how to customize this feature. {/for} __TOC__ = Web search in the address bar = {for not fx14} When you type in the location bar and press {for win,linux}{key Enter}{/for}{for mac}{key Return}{/for}, Firefox takes you to the Google search results page (i.e. [http://www.google.com/search?q=]) for that search by default. {/for} {for =fx14,=fx15,=fx16,=fx17,=fx18,=fx19,=fx20,=fx21,=fx22} When you type keywords in the location bar (for example, Firefox or cats) and press {for win,linux}{key Enter}{/for}{for mac}{key Return}{/for}, Firefox takes you to a secure Google search results page (i.e. [https://www.google.com/search?q=]) for that search by default. {/for} {for fx23} When you type in the location bar and press {for win,linux}{key Enter}{/for}{for mac}{key Return}{/for}, Firefox takes you to search results using the [[Search bar - Easily choose your favorite search engine|search provider selected in the search bar]]. == Using another search provider== If you don't want to use the search provider selected in the search bar, add the smart keyword of the search provider you want to use before your search terms. To learn more about smart keywords, see [[How to search IMDB, Wikipedia and more from the address bar]]. {/for} == Turning off the web search in the address bar== You can turn off the web search in the address bar by changing a preference. {note}'''Note''': This preference does not affect [[How to search IMDB, Wikipedia and more from the address bar|smart keyword searches]] from the Location Bar.{/note} # [[T:aboutconfig]] # In the '''{for not fx11}Filter{/for}{for fx11}Search{/for} field''', type '''keyword.enabled'''. # Double-click the {pref keyword.enabled} preference to set its value to {pref '''false'''}. {for not fx23} == Changing the search engine for the address bar == You can specify any valid URL to perform searches in the address bar by modifying the {pref keyword.URL} preference in the '''[http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config about:config]''' page: * To use Yahoo!, set {pref [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL keyword.URL]} to {pref http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=}, * For Bing, set it to {pref http://www.bing.com/search?q=} . Other services maybe specified similarly. * To reset the Internet Keyword service to use a standard Google search, {for win,linux}right-click{/for}{for mac}hold down the {key Ctrl} key while you click{/for} on {pref keyword.URL} and select {menu Reset}. {for fx14} {note}'''Note:''' The default Google search is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Https encrypted] to prevent eavesdropping. Switching to another search provider removes this protection.{/note} {/for} {/for} {for fx14} == URL autocomplete== In addition to being able to do a web search, before you press {for win,linux}{key Enter}{/for}{for mac}{key Return}{/for} Firefox will match URLs that you type to the URLs of websites that you've been to before. For example, if you type "moz" Firefox may autocomplete "mozilla<!-- -->.org" if you've been there before. Pressing {for win,linux}{key Enter}{/for}{for mac}{key Return}{/for} in this case would take you directly to that address. For more info about the things that Firefox suggests as you type in the address bar, see [[Awesome Bar - Find your bookmarks, history and tabs when you type in the address bar]]. {/for} = Domain Guessing = If you enter an incomplete URL, Firefox can try to "fix up" the URL by adding a prefix, suffix, or both to what you type. For example, if you type ''www.microsoft'' in the Location Bar, Firefox will append ''.com'' to complete the URL. If you type ''mozilla.org'', Firefox will prepend ''www.'' to complete the URL. '''This "guessing" is secondary to the web search in the address bar described above - it does not work unless the web search in the address bar is turned off.''' == Turning off Domain Guessing == You can turn off Domain Guessing by changing a preference. # [[T:aboutconfig]] # In the '''{for not fx11}Filter{/for}{for fx11}Search{/for} field''', type '''fixup'''. # Double-click the {pref browser.fixup.alternate.enabled} preference to set its value to {pref '''false'''}. == Changing the prefix or suffix == You can specify a prefix (such as ''www'') or suffix (such as ''.net'') for the Domain Guessing feature. In the about:config page, double-click the {pref browser.fixup.alternate.prefix} or {pref browser.fixup.alternate.suffix} preference. Enter the prefix or suffix you want Firefox to add to incomplete URLs. <!-- Credits --> <br/> '''''Based on information from [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search Location Bar search (mozillaZine KB)], [http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/domain-guessing.html Domain Guessing (Mozilla.org End user documentation)], and [http://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/internet-keywords.html Internet Keywords (Mozilla.org End user documentation)]''''' For details and latest usage check these references.