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Type your web searches in the address bar and Firefox will take you right to the Google search results page. We'll show you how to customize this feature.

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. __TOC__ {for not fx14} = Internet Keyword search = 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} = Internet Keyword search = 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} == Turning off the Internet Keyword search == You can turn off the Internet Keywords search 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'''}. == Changing the Internet Keyword service == You can specify any valid URL to perform the Internet Keyword searches by modifying the {pref keyword.URL} preference in the '''about:config''' page: * To use Yahoo!, set {pref 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 fx14} == URL autocomplete== In addition to being able to do an Internet Keyword 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 [[Search your bookmarks, history and tabs with the Awesome 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 Internet Keywords search described above - it does not work unless Internet Keywords are 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.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/domain-guessing.html Domain Guessing (Mozilla.org End user documentation)], and [http://www.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/internet-keywords.html Internet Keywords (Mozilla.org End user documentation)]''''' For details and latest usage check these references. [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/L2kD5S]]