A Keyword is simply a shortcut typed in to the Address bar that tells Brave that you'd like to perform a search using a specific site associated with that keyword.
You can also switch the search engine being used with Keyword Searches. You will see the new search reflected in the Other Search Engines list. Note: In addition, search engines can also be added to your list simply by navigating to the desired search address and performing a search. The resulting URL would look like this:Īfter clicking save, your new search will appear in the Other Search Engines list for you to use. This is the text that you want to replace with %s. That is, for Reddit, every search term entered will appear after the q= text. The highlighted text is the search query itself. For example, if I wanted to Add the Reddit search to my list, I can navigate to Reddit and perform a search. This is asking for the desired search engine's web address but replacing the search query texts with "%s". If your preferred search is not on your list, you can add it manually. Navigate to Manage Search Engines as you did above and click the Add button. You'll see the following text boxes: The Other Search Engines section lists search engines that you may have used while browsing, but have not yet set to be a default. This list may be pre-populated with several common domains. The Default Search Engines section lists all engines you can set as your default right now. Selecting this option will display a larger menu with all of your available search engines. If your preferred engine is located in this list, select it and your new search is good to go. When you click the drop-down box here, you'll be presented with all search engine options available to be set as your default. This setting will remain configured until it is modified so that any time you perform a search it will be run through the engine selected:
Using the following method, you can adjust the Address bar's default search behavior. There are several ways to switch what engine is used when performing a search in the Address bar. When a new default search is selected, you can see the change will be reflected in the icon.Īs you can see below, I've changed my default search engine from Qwant to DuckDuckGo and the left hand side of the Address bar now displays the icon for DuckDuckGo: In the above example, I have Qwant set as my default search. You can tell at a glance which search engine you currently have set at default by the symbol displayed on the left side of the Address bar. Your default search engine refers to the search engine used when performing a search using the Address bar (also referred to as "Address bar", "Location Bar", "Omnibox") located at the top of your browser:
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