Can't search in the address bar

[wumingworld]

Hello, I am a Chinese user, using mypal-68.12.3.en-us.win32 version, and I installed a language translation plug-in of 68.12.0ESR from ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/68.12.0esr/win32/xpi/zh-CN.xpi, so that baidu.com can be displayed in the search engine options in the settings. But even if I set it, it is still impossible to use keywords to search in the address bar.

So could you please check it? Thank you very much!

[Matiasgroen]

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[RamonUnch]

Set keyword.enabled to true in about:config. It is disabled by default on MyPal68.
I personally prefer keep this option disabled but I do see most people prefer it enabled.

[wumingworld]

I get it! Thank you all of you!

[andika207]

@wumingworld I know of two members who understand chinese and can help you out @win98se and @roytam1

[K4sum1]

Why is keyword.enabled disabled by default anyways? I tried using the search, forgot it was disabled, and ended up on a malware site because it had the wrong tld. Having it disabled by default seems like a really bad idea,

[yotoprules]

Not sure, glad to know I can enable it though. Always a pain having to go to Google before typing in my search term.

[Feodor2]

address is for address - search is for search, combining them into one bad anoynig thing.

[yotoprules]

address is for address - search is for search, combining them into one bad anoynig thing.

I think most people prefer having it combined - it has been combined for over a decade now and I see no reason not to have it combined personally. Of course it's your choice but I think most of your users would prefer it to be combined by default.

[Feodor2]

Many things are over a decade now, whatever want to search form address, no problem, may do this easy no matter keyword.

[Feodor2]

13.3 changed the search, startpage is the same as goolag

[Mypalgithub]

Sorry to be so thick, but where is "keyword.enabled to true in about:config"?
By the way I don't use google, it always gives me what I don't want (they are trying to take money off you). Duckduckgo.com is happy goes straight to either a tld or search, no waste of time google stuff.

[Mypalgithub]

OK. found it. Type it in the address (not search) bar.
Thanks again for your great program.

[andika207]

I think most people prefer having it combined -

who is most people ? you and who else ?

problem is that the modern browsers use it combined and there is no way to revert this option so people have no other alternative but ''swallow'' the stupid and useless changes made by firefox and chrome devs

[Mypalgithub]

We never said most people prefer combined. We do not know what most people want.
We like it combined.
We are all for choice, our difficulty, which was solved on the forum, was to find out how to change it.
Thank you all on the forum for your help.
Thanks for the great program, we use it every day in W10 because it does not auto-downgrade.

[K4sum1]

problem is that the modern browsers use it combined and there is no way to revert this option so people have no other alternative but ''swallow'' the stupid and useless changes made by firefox and chrome devs

You could just use the search bar for searching, use the address bar for URLs. Nobody is forcing you to search using the address bar. It being possible does not mean you need to do it.

[Mypalgithub]

"problem is that the modern browsers use it combined and there is no way to revert this option".
Except for good ol' MYpal where you can choose.

[andika207]

Thanks for the great program, we use it every day in W10 because it does not auto-downgrade.

Win10 ? I personally use Win7 on my testbed computer but don't use any obsolete web browser with it.

Supermium works perfect to me so why use a browser built on purpose for XP ? https://github.com/win32ss/supermium

[zanud]

As for me, it looks like the root of problem is either incorrect handling of Options -> Search-> Search bar radio buttons block, or incorrect naming of its buttons.

"Use the address bar for search and navigation" implies that this option allows to use the address bar like the search bar. But in fact it just hides the search bar, and no more. If one really wants to enable address bar search, he have to enable keyword.enabled in the about:config manually.

And the second option ("Add search bar in toolbar") just restores the search bar, and no more.

So if keyword.enabled = true and the search bar is visible, both bars can be used for search. And if someone wants to preserve the search string, he should use the search bar.

Conclusions:

1. Current state of MyPal allows both sides of this discussion be satisfied.
2. Handling of the Search bar radio buttons block needs to be fixed: it should affect not only visibility of the search bar, but state keyword.enabled as well.

[egrabrych]

Google as possible search engine and search on URL bar not working ?
Try the add-on Google (Default) 20150907 by mo0kid : https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-us/firefox/addon/google-default-1/?src=userprofile