Fenix: Search selection after a query

[532910]

To search something in firefox for desktop and fennec you should type a query and then select and press the search action.
Fenix completely breaks this logics forcing you to select the search before typing a query.
Every time I'd like to search something in the alternate search engine the following happens, I:

1. type a query
2. see that only default search is available
3. say "F... Fenix designers"!
4. select typed query
5. press cut
6. select the search engine
7. paste the clipboard

[TitanNano]

@532910 pressing the "Shortcuts" button above the keyboard will show a list of available shortcuts to search with.

[532910]

On the one hand I was wrong, it's possible to select a search engine after a query.
On the other:

1. It's too untrivial (I was unable to find it myself)
2. It requires two actions more: (before, pressing another search engine icon leads to this query execution, now it requires tree actions: press shortcuts, select engine, press enter.

[532910]

Moreover, before it was a line, but now it takes the whole screen:

[madb1lly]

I completely agree with the bug report @532910, although thanks to @TitanNano for the tip about shortcuts.

I would like to know what the perceived benefit of the current workflow is? Why do t get team think this is better than the Fennec implementation?

Cheers 🙂

[softvision-miralobontiu]

@532910 you can eliminate some steps, by enabling the "Show search engines" from Settings - Search.
Now, your steps will be:

1. type a query
2. select the desired search engine
3. tap on "Go".

Does this help?

[532910]

Nope, search engines hide as soon as I start typing a query.