Add custom search engine
Add a custom search engine to the list of available search engines in the search bar and URL bar.
What is Add custom search engine?
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Notice for Firefox 78+: Because of changes made by Mozilla the add-on is now less convenient. I am sorry for the inconvenience.
Add a custom search engine to the list of available search engines in the search bar and URL bar.
Your custom search engine needs a name and search URL. Additionally fields include an icon, a suggestion URL, POST query parameters, the input encoding and a description.
Icons can be selected from your local computer or specified as an URL pointing to an image.
The extension UI is accessible via a button right next to the URL/search bar or the options in about:addons.
Due to a technical limitation with Firefox WebExtensions, all data entered when creating your custom search engine is uploaded to paste.mozilla.org.
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- Easy installation
- Flawless function
- Extremely useful
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- Unclear instructions
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- Works perfectly
- Easy installation
- Flawless function
- Thanks Tom Schuster
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Add custom search engine is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
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Add custom search engine has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.