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wikipedia beomces the default search engine on the address bar

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kayliu
kayliu

somehow whenever I am searching stuff on the url bar, instead of doing a google search, it will do a Wiki search. I have done the about:config thing which I checked keyword.enabled and keyword.URL to be google.com, however, that does not work. The setting is saved by the way.

somehow whenever I am searching stuff on the url bar, instead of doing a google search, it will do a Wiki search. I have done the about:config thing which I checked keyword.enabled and keyword.URL to be google.com, however, that does not work. The setting is saved by the way.

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Hello, see also the next : keyword.URL Hack! add-on

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cor-el
cor-el
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Starting with Firefox 23 the keyword.URL pref is no longer supported and it is no longer possible to specify the search engine for the location bar that way.
The search engine that is used in the location bar is the search engine that is selected in the search Bar on the Navigation Toolbar.

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A possibility is to disable keyword search (keyword.enable = false) and use a (one letter) keyword search for searching via the location bar.
You can set a keyword for an installed search engine via Manage Search Engines (click the search engines icon on the search bar).

ideato
ideato

Chosen Solution

Hello, see also the next : keyword.URL Hack! add-on

thank you