firefox search engines....[solved]

Mr Green · 2009-05-13 16:53:47

I want to use ctrl + k to bring up google search... but at the moment I am getting yuky yahoo

Been into about:config browser.search blah blah

But yuky will not die

Anyone know how change default engine

MrG

dmartins · 2009-05-13 17:18:17

Maybe something is wrong with your firefox, but I just click the button to the left of the seach box (with the yahoo symbol and the downwards arrow) and choose google from the list. When i press ctrl + k, the cursor moves to the seach box and searches using whatever engine I've selected.

Mr Green · 2009-05-13 17:43:55

got no search box [took it out!] buy ctrl + k brings it up.... but not google!

evr · 2009-05-13 17:55:44

you don't have a search box unless you press ctrl+k? can you see the icon of the search engine? if so, you should be able to click it and go to the "manage search engines" menu. Failing that, pressing ctrl+up, or ctrl+down while you are in the search engine box lets you scroll through your list of search engines.

Mr Green · 2009-05-13 19:17:51

No I have no search box just address bar.... I only noticed today that ctrl+k came up with Yahoo.... I want to change it

Trent · 2009-05-13 23:39:10

To clarify: you removed the search bar (presumably via View > Toolbars > Customize or the equivalent). Ctrl-K causes the currently focused tab to surf to yahoo.com. You typed about:config into the Address bar and changed browser.search.searchEnginesURL to http://www.google.com and are still surfing to Yahoo when you hit Ctrl-K. Correct?

For people who have the search bar, Ctrl-K switches focus to the search bar and Ctrl-L to the address bar. Apparently when the search bar is disabled Ctrl-K causes FF to browse to the search engine's Web page. I didn't know that either.

hokasch · 2009-05-13 23:56:56

weird, sounds like a problem common to windows-users installing bogus freeware... no idea what is overriding your settings..?

as a workaround, you could bookmark this, give it a keyword, and use ctrl+l.

Last edited by hokasch (2009-05-13 23:58:10)

Ghost1227 · 2009-05-14 00:04:00

I just tested it and I have no problems... brings up google right away!

Mr Green · 2009-05-14 05:16:47

Very strange, not a problem as in an issue came across it by accident... sure used ctrl+k when on a different machine [search box] but not on my box.

Maybe I should search about:config for refs. to yahoo....

Normally I use ? as a keyword for google search though gm [google maps] did not work

skottish · 2009-05-14 05:22:30

Make sure that browser.search.order.1 in about:config is set to Google and that browser.search.defaultenginename is also set to Google.

Mr Green · 2009-05-14 05:46:20

@skottish both are set....

ok I added search box to navigation bar.... reset to default hid bar again and voila ctrl+k brings up google yay!

Done.

skottish · 2009-05-14 05:52:45

Mr Green wrote:

@skottish both are set....
ok I added search box to navigation bar.... reset to default hid bar again and voila ctrl+k brings up google yay!
Done.

You're just afraid to admit that I was right for the first time in between posts 4000 and 5000.

Mr Green · 2009-05-14 15:01:21

you are always right there I said it 8)

karol · 2009-05-14 17:21:58

Mr Green, aren't you getting old? ;-) C'mon you're one of the Great Archers and you can't even get to google.
This topic made me smile :-)))

Mr Green · 2009-05-14 17:56:44

well I know everything but that lol....[and yes I am old!]

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