On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:41 PM, stylo~ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Also, the name it defaults to for the added search engine is wrong. It > uses the url, not the name in the xml file.
That is by design. tab-to-search keys off url. >> Also, doesn't seem a very good system even if it does work. How do you >> actually find/select the search engine you want to use? Yahoo is >> installed; I haven't a clue how to select it without setting it as the >> default. > > I JUST found out you have to type the base url with .com to kick in > the search system because of the default keyword being the url. If you continue to use the keyword you should get autocompleted to it and tab-to-search should kick in immediately. There was a bug such that if you only used tab-to-search on urls the url would not get autocompleted. See http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=3633 for details. This was only recently fixed and is not in the stable channel. > Hmmm. First thought is it is a bit awkward and limiting, with excess > typing, just to avoid a search box when you've got oodles of space to > add one on the right. Have to try for awhile, I guess. > > Perhaps better to use the search engine name and have them all (if > more than one) appear for selection when typing in anything to do with > that name. Shouldn't need the base url with .com to invoke it, and > shouldn't block more than one. If you let the OSDD pick the name, then it doesn't necessarily align with the url. Consider you are browsing to some random sight and we add a search provider. If we didn't use the url, how would you know what name the search provider was added under? The current system was designed around the user not having to do anything. If we know the site supports search, we'll show tab-to-search. Additionally we'll auto discover whether the site supports tab-to-search for you. There is a bug on making this easier for sites that don't support OSDD. See http://crbug.com/9732 for details. Also remember that you can always change the name of the search provider. Right click on the omnibox and choose 'Edit search engines...'. -Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
