Vimium: Feature request: respect default search engine
(I'm one of the VimFx refugees, so apologies if this request is too Firefox-specific.)
When I search with the Vomnibar, that search is executed in Google. My default search engine (in Firefox, but I believe you can set on in Chrome too?) is not Google, however. It would be nice if Vimium could find out which search engine I've set as default and use that for searches.
Vinnl
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Neither Chrome nor Firefox provide a WebExtensions API for us to access the browser's search engines, so you will have to change it manually if you want it to match the default.
You can change the default and/or available engines by following the steps here.
mrmr1993
on 13 Aug 2017
For Firefox there is some initial upstream discussion about providing such an API: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1352598
Though I have to say an API to directly get focus to the URL bar would be a lot easier, as it would respect user's default choices and delegate all that logic to the browser.
@mrmr1993 The linked docs actually don't explain how to change the default search engine, only how to add custom search engines. I had to click on "Show Advanced Options" and then copy the search prefix url into the default search engine field.
leoschwarz
on 18 Aug 2017
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For Firefox there is some initial upstream discussion about providing such an API: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1352598
Though I have to say an API to directly get focus to the URL bar would be a lot easier, as it would respect user's default choices and delegate all that logic to the browser.
@mrmr1993 The linked docs actually don't explain how to change the default search engine, only how to add custom search engines. I had to click on "Show Advanced Options" and then copy the search prefix url into the default search engine field.