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Keyword search doesn't work on my Android with synced FF

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Ubuntu 12.04 with FF 13.0.1 and Android 2.3.5 wit FF14 I use keywords for bookmarks on my Ubuntu desktop. I have now synced my FF with my Android but I can't use my keywords to go to a bookmark. - Is keywords not supported or is there a setting or other to make this work? /Göran

Ubuntu 12.04 with FF 13.0.1 and Android 2.3.5 wit FF14 I use keywords for bookmarks on my Ubuntu desktop. I have now synced my FF with my Android but I can't use my keywords to go to a bookmark. - Is keywords not supported or is there a setting or other to make this work? /Göran

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Hi,

Thanks for using Firefox on Android. You can edit bookmarks on mobile by long-tapping and selecting edit (the Keyword field appears). But, I am also not able to bring up bookmarks by typing a keyword in the title bar, so I'll check on this and find the bug number for you, so you can track the progress on it.

Regards, Michelle

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Thanks it would be great to get it working.

/Göran

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I really miss bookmark keywords too...I was using them regularly on my phone to avoid searching through all of the bookmarks. Any updates as to a fix? I'm considering downgrading to get back the functionality.

Thanks, Eric

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Any updates...this issue hasn't been addressed in the recent new releases of FF for Android.

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I am having this "bookmark keyword - search engine - precedence problem", too. I have bookmark keywords defined in Firefox and synced them on my Android Firefox 14.0.1

If I type a bookmark keyword into the address bar, then a Google search for the keyword is done, instead of browsing to the destination of the keyword's bookmark URL!

In my opinion, keywords must always have priority to search engines!

I have not changed the about:config settings, and with my desktop Firefox (16.0.1) everything is fine: bookmark keywords have precedence.

Please fix this or communicate a workaround (e.g. by changing the about:config settings somehow) , because keyword bookmarks are an even more important feature on smartphones than on desktop computers.

Thank you.

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