Disable google search from adress bar

I just installed Opera 11.60 and it seems that everytime i search for my bookmarks by writing a word in the address bar i get a google result + my bookmark, is there a way i can disable internet searching via adress bar? I find this feature useless since opera already has a search bar for google, bing etc.

i'm looking for a solution as well.

thanks, your workaround is better than nothing! works okay

thanks +1, this is certainly better than the default behaviour in 11.60

Originally posted by trupson:

There is a solution. It's not a very good one but it works. You can go to preferences -> search and change the default search engine. You can put History Search as the default search engine for example. Then when you type something in the address bar it won't do a google search. Or you can add a custom fake search engine and put %s in the address field. Then make that search engine the default and it wont search the internet. It still shows one line before history and bookmarks but you wont see any google search results.

Thanks but i just found another solution 5min ago.

Settings>Preferences>Search uncheck "Enable search sauggestions" it seems to disable internet search in the adress bar withowt afecting the other search box or manual searching.

There's a side effect to unchecking the 'enable search suggestions' option that some might not like, namely it disables suggestions for prefixed searches as well. I usually perform searches in the address bar by explicitly specifying a prefix, such as 'g' for google, and I personally prefer to receive suggestions for those searches.

hope opera will fix/include this matter in one of the next revisions.

Go to(paste it in the addressbar) opera:config#UserPrefs|AddressbarContentSearch
and uncheck the highlighted field.

I've just registered to thank trupson (it may have flaws but it works) and bump this thread, because it is an annoying new behaviour.
I want my address bar to only give me search suggestions if I put a search keyword in it.

artmil.. just testing your suggestion, one thing I would note to future readers is that that is a long section and you do need to click the save button at the bottom (I missed it the first time).

edit: That does seem to do the trick, can have Google as default and suggestions enabled but without the address bar spam.
Thanks artmil

Originally posted by opera-i-loveu:

Originally posted by trupson:

There is a solution. It's not a very good one but it works. You can go to preferences -> search and change the default search engine. You can put History Search as the default search engine for example. Then when you type something in the address bar it won't do a google search. Or you can add a custom fake search engine and put %s in the address field. Then make that search engine the default and it wont search the internet. It still shows one line before history and bookmarks but you wont see any google search results.

Thanks but i just found another solution 5min ago.

Settings>Preferences>Search uncheck "Enable search sauggestions" it seems to disable internet search in the adress bar withowt afecting the other search box or manual searching.

Thank you for the tip.
I see this new "feature" as a serious breach of privacy!

Originally posted by artmil:

opera:config#UserPrefs|AddressbarContentSearch

Not useful, it disables the finding of pages via writing text of theirs content.

To disable the search suggestions by Google while typing in the address field you can use this

To make a search engine keyword mandatory when searching from the address field create a dummy search engine (e.g name:Dummy, address:<blank>, keyword:xxxx) and make it the default. This will require all Google searches to be preceded by "g " and will pass all input without keywords to Opera to be translated into URLs.

Originally posted by artmil:

Go to(paste it in the addressbar) opera:config#UserPrefs|AddressbarContentSearch
and uncheck the highlighted field.

Works, thanks!

Originally posted by trupson:

Yes that works too. It was hidden in plain sight

that's not enough.

that plain sight should be removed.

Originally posted by trupson:

There is a solution. It's not a very good one but it works. You can go to preferences -> search and change the default search engine. You can put History Search as the default search engine for example. Then when you type something in the address bar it won't do a google search. Or you can add a custom fake search engine and put %s in the address field. Then make that search engine the default and it wont search the internet. It still shows one line before history and bookmarks but you wont see any google search results.

what I wanna is remove that One Line .

Try opera:config#UserPrefs|Show Searches In Addressfield Autocompletion

I'm using Opera 11.61 and am once again trying to get rid of that annoying, unnecessary Google-line that appears below the address bar once one starts typing.
This has been an issue for years now, when will the devs finally get it through their thick skulls that one doesn't need Google in there when there is a search bar available right to the right of it?! Or they could at least make it available as the last option of the list, reachable by pressing the up arrow.

Try opera:config#UserPrefs|Show Searches In Addressfield Autocompletion

Doesn't work

Settings>Preferences>Search uncheck "Enable search sauggestions"

Doesn't work

opera:config#UserPrefs|AddressbarContentSearch

Doesn't work

Originally posted by mochikun:

To disable the search suggestions by Google while typing in the address field you can use this

Doesn't work. My search.ini does not have the lines one is supposed to remove:

Opera Preferences version 2.1
; Do not edit this file while Opera is running
; This file is stored in UTF-8 encoding

[Version]
File Version=37

[Search Engine 1]
UNIQUEID=7A8CADE6677811DDBA4B5E9D55D89593
Name=&Google
Verbtext=0
URL=http://www.google.com/search?q=%s&sourceid=opera&num=%i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Query=
Key=g
Is post=0
UseTLD=0
Has endseparator=0
Encoding=utf-8
Search Type=0
Position=-1
Nameid=1632215285
Deleted=0

opera:config#UserPrefs|PageContentSearchresultsInAddressfieldDropdown

Thanks, I'll try it out once a couple of patches have been released for Opera 12.
Because at least in 11.61, that attribute doesn't exist, so I assume it must be new.

In the final Opera 12 you can disable "Enable search suggestions in the address field" in the Preferences -> Search tab and they'll stop appearing, but will still appear when you use a keyword.

my solution
in all opera search.ini files.

remove strings
------------------
Suggest Protocol=...
Suggest URL=...
---------------------

Still no way to do it as of v12.16?

Some people above are talking about "search suggestions" rather than what I'll dub "auto search".
What I'm having trouble with looks like this:


The only thing that works is a dummy search engine as default, but that also causes the searchbox to revert to the dummy search on every new tab.

Not that I know of. Sorry, but this option seems high unlikely to be implemented as I see no users wanting to disable the combined address&search field behavior.
I think it doesn't exist in any other browser either. So an extension might be your only hope.

Other than not sending the URL (w/ typo) you were intending to visit to the search engine provider what's the point? If you don't trust your search engine enough to let a simple typo leak to it then don't use it.

Also, you aren't up to date to the news. Opera released a completely rewritten new browser based on the Blink engine - the most current final version is 16.0 (big version jump to reflect the changes + rapid release cycle).

Well, creating a custom search with "%s/" as search string (and set it as default) could be a workaround, but in Opera 12.15 and 12.16 Google gets set as default engine, so last usable version with that trick would be 12.14.

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

I see no users wanting to disable the combined address&search field behavior.

Then you have to open your eyes. The combined address and search field was fine without the auto-search. You put your key letter in front to search or you go to an address. Now you cannot go to an address because it searches with Google (or whatever your default engine might be).

Originally posted by missingno:

Then you have to open your eyes. The combined address and search field was fine without the auto-search.

Oh just let me rephrase it: I don't see a meaningful number of users wanting to disable the combined address&search field behavior, I see VERY FEW. It's common sense the great majority prefer or is fine with the combined address&search.

Originally posted by missingno:

Now you cannot go to an address because it searches with Google (or whatever your default engine might be).

But you can go to an address! You just need to type an URL and press Enter! Nothing's changed. Only for specific extremely rare cases you are required to insert "/" at the end.

rafaelluik:
If you mean that users only want a combined address bar + non-keyworded search, I believe there are those who don't want that or else there wouldn't be a separate search box in Firefox.

What do you mean about extensions? Can they control this aspect of Opera? That could be nice. (That and more. If I remember correctly, the Opera v10 address dropdown was the best. 2 lines per URL made more room for details, and kept it more organized. Being able to control what types of items are shown, and in what order, would be even better.)

Re typos, I don't like leaking information to the internet with no need, regardless of what info that is.

I'm aware of Opera 15+, but I'll let the dust settle before having a look. So far it seems people are unhappy with it because of many lost features, and I'm pickier than most. The Chrome vibe doesn't look promising either, I don't like Chrome.

missingno:
What about not having this search engine become the default for the searchbox in each new tab?

You won't get anywhere if you want an update to Opera 12. That won't happen. If you think a couple of users moaning on a forum about Opera 15+ represent the totality of Opera users you're wrong. If you think they'll rollback the switch to Chromium you have no sense of reality.

Firefox has separated search field but the address field ALSO searches. So yes considering all later versions of Firefox, Opera, Chrome, IE and Safari have the same behavior and they have a lot of users, I conclude most users want it, otherwise this thread would be booming with people posts and number of views.

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

But you can go to an address! You just need to type an URL and press Enter!

Okay: type "google" press Enter and see what you get. (You know it would search for google instead of using the autocompletion, right?)
Another case: copy an URL with linebreaks in the addressfield and press enter. Oh, you get to search instead of going to the address. Old Opera just ignored the linebreaks and opened the address as intended.

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Nothing's changed.

Oh, really? That must be new because people complaining about the change.

Originally posted by rafaelluik:

Only for specific extremely rare cases you are required to insert "/" at the end.

If by *specific extremely rare cases* you mean *every time* you want to use domain name completion. Also the "/" breaks complex completions. Just because you google for Google doesn't mean other people didn't (ab)use Opera's features.

I am absolutely fine with the combined address&search field (except it has become worse to use since version 9 or so), I don't want or need a seperate search field but there has to be an option to disable the auto-search. (Not that I expect anything like that to happen. It didn't happen when Opera was still Opera and now with Opium you can expect nothing.)