i couldnt figure out how to. i know you can right click the url of a website to add as a search engine, but this only works if the website supports it, and many dont. you can also import/export search engines from a file
Hm, I thought I saw it in the desktop app, too, but apparently it’s managed differently over there. You click on “find more search engines” which leads to the add-on store (version 119). On mobile it’s different.
I’m not sure which build of firefox the other user is using, but in the stable stock build I can’t add it in settings page itself either.
But if you go to a website that can do search, eg. Startpage, then right click on the browser’s url bar again, a new option to add the search engine pops up at the end of the context menu.
Another alternative is installing addons that adds the search engine too, I believe duckduckgo & Startpage has theirs.
Edit: Ah, I see you’ve tried it already - probably plugins are the next easiest way to go about it then :( The docs do give a direction though of where to go, like repositories of supported sites.
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i couldnt figure out how to. i know you can right click the url of a website to add as a search engine, but this only works if the website supports it, and many dont. you can also import/export search engines from a file
You can go into settings and select the search engine you want, you can also remove the ones you don’t want.
i get that, but i dont think you can add new ones in settings. and the settings files are cryptic to me
Huh, I don’t get what you are saying. I can just add a search engine by clicking “add new search” (or sth like that) entering a name and a URL.
i cant find where that is? what version of firefox r u on? im on Firefox 119, and its the same on Librewolf. in about:preferences > search
Hm, I thought I saw it in the desktop app, too, but apparently it’s managed differently over there. You click on “find more search engines” which leads to the add-on store (version 119). On mobile it’s different.
ah i see. i did know about it being on mobile. very strange they cant add a simple feature to the desktop version, but im sure theres a reason
I’m not sure which build of firefox the other user is using, but in the stable stock build I can’t add it in settings page itself either.
But if you go to a website that can do search, eg. Startpage, then right click on the browser’s url bar again, a new option to add the search engine pops up at the end of the context menu.
Another alternative is installing addons that adds the search engine too, I believe duckduckgo & Startpage has theirs.
Here’s firefox’s docs about it - it’s got screenshots of how it looks.
Edit: Ah, I see you’ve tried it already - probably plugins are the next easiest way to go about it then :( The docs do give a direction though of where to go, like repositories of supported sites.
yep thanks :) not all sites support adding as a search engine
Try using the Mycroft Project that the page mentioned, it’s got user maintained search engine plugins.