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Option for "Goto (local IP)" instead of "Search Google for (local ip)"

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One quality of life thing I really miss after switching from Chrome is the option to "Goto ip" when you highlight and right click on a local ip address.

I do a lot or networking and am going to local ip addresses all the time (ie 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.20.15). When I highlight an address in the local ranges in Chrome it gives the "Goto" option, but Firefox always offers "Search Google for"

I really miss this option and unfortunately all my searching has not yield a solution since search engines cant quite make sense of my requests.

Hopefully someone here can nail something down.

Thanks!

One quality of life thing I really miss after switching from Chrome is the option to "Goto ip" when you highlight and right click on a local ip address. I do a lot or networking and am going to local ip addresses all the time (ie 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.20.15). When I highlight an address in the local ranges in Chrome it gives the "Goto" option, but Firefox always offers "Search Google for" I really miss this option and unfortunately all my searching has not yield a solution since search engines cant quite make sense of my requests. Hopefully someone here can nail something down. Thanks!
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Yes, Firefox doesn't has such a feature to recognize an IP as a possible website to go to, whter local or on internet. This would require the presence of a protocol (http:// or https://), otherwise you only get a search offered.

You can post a feature request via "Help -> Share Ideas and Feedback".

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The screenshots taken were on desktop Chrome 108.0.53.59.125 and desktop Firefox 102.6.0esr.

I couldn't find an option in Chrome that I enabled at any point that would allow this option.

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Apparently, chrome on my phone and desktop are somehow linked and on certain pages it offers to call the highlighted number. Never really noticed that.

I added another screenshot to show the same behavior without the call option and clearly on Desktop Chrome.

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Yes, Firefox doesn't has such a feature to recognize an IP as a possible website to go to, whter local or on internet. This would require the presence of a protocol (http:// or https://), otherwise you only get a search offered.

You can post a feature request via "Help -> Share Ideas and Feedback".

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I will submit. Thanks!