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Disable Chrome Omnibox Search on Space Key

My Chrome Omnibox toggles the search on both TAB and Space key. This is really annoying. Is there any way I can tell Chrome to search only on TAB?
brpaz
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Google Chrome - How to Turn off the Omnibox/Search box

I would like to turn off recommendations in my omnibox/searchbox. Specifically from history (e.g. disabling typing f to automatically bring up facebook.com). I find the suggestions distract me often and I don't really need to get to facebook.com 2…
Thariq Shihipar
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How do I add an "At Sign Search" to Firefox 68?

Firefox has a really neat "at-sign search" feature where, for some search engines, if you preface a search with @[engine_tag], the search will take place on that site instead of in the default search engine. It seems like the documentation on that…
distortedsignal
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Chrome: autocomplete domain first?

Firefox usually decides to be smart about this, and it actually works fairly well. Lets say you have a google search cached. In Firefox, you can start typing in the address bar and it will only autocomplete up to "google.com" - in Chrome, it will…
robhol
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On a Chromebook, how do I selectively delete Search entries from the Omnibox

What I already know: I have read about deleting URLs from the Omnibox on a Chromebook, that is use Shift+Delete (or Shift+Alt+Backspace on older chromebooks). I have also found a few articles about how to edit the Omnibox database from a browser…
linlu
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Can I make Chrome omnibox autofill prioritize URLs before searches?

I started encountering this issue after a recent Chrome update. Omnibox autocomplete now returns previous searches before previously visited URLs. This is annoying for me as I'm used to typing in one or two characters of my most frequently visited…
dsp
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How to restore the URL in Google Chrome's omnibox, i.e. always show it without right-click "Show Url"

Woke up today to Google Chrome version 36.0.1985.143 m and noticed Chrome is now hiding the URL until you choose to right-click in the URL bar to re-show it. I have checked chrome://settings and searched for "url" and "show", neither of which lead…
RichardTheKiwi
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Chrome tab search no longer works on some sites

I've used Chrome for years. One of my favorite features is that once you've been to a site with a search, you can later type the site name and hit tab to search from the omnibox. For instance on Youtube: A few months ago this stopped working for…
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How to disable site specific search in chrome omnibox

Every time I start typing a search string into the Chrome omnibox which starts with "github", Chrome turns it into a site-specific search (see attached GIF). This only seems to happen for GitHub. I don't think this is due to an extension because it…
tboyce12
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Add Google Custom Search Engine to omnibox

I've created my Google Custom Search Engine here https://www.google.com/cse When I add it to omnibox with rightclick and try to use it I receive: It's not unexpectable because search url in that case…
janot
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Google search field missing

After the latest update in google chrome (36) when I search in the omnibox there is no search field on the google results page and it is possible to search only in the omnibox which is extremely annoying. How can I disable that "improvement" of user…
D.Iankov
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How can I make the "new tab" page load as 'Google' rather than 'Google Canada' in Chrome?

When I open a new tab, I get a new tab page that is running as Google.ca rather than Google.com. Also, when I do a search at any time in the omnibox, I get results coming from Google.ca. My homepage is set as Google.com. Is it possible to have the…
JonathanGall
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Customize chrome's omnibox suggestion list

Is there any way to modify the omnibox suggestion list - such that: Entries (viz. URLs) can be added The order of an entry be altered This may be achievable by modifying a SQLite file some where. Note: I am not looking for any…
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How to type in Google Chrome's New Tab Page in Full Screen Mode

For me, Chrome's "new tab page" doesn't work in full screen mode, in the sense that my typing has no effect - the omnibox and the search box seem dead. Clicking on the omnibox to give it focus has no effect either. I am forced to come back out of…
Chris Jones
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Stop Chrome omnibox from converting search terms to URLs

for the most time I am searching the internet via Chrome's omnibox. However, wehen entering single words it converts that search term to an URL and sends me to that webpage. Is there a way to turn this off?
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