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Location Bar No Longer Searches

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Currently running v14.0.1. The most recent update seems to have disabled the ability to perform searches from the Location Bar; instead, I have to use the Search Bar exclusively. This is mildly inconvenient as I usually have the dedicated Search Bar set to something other than Google, such as Wikipedia or YouTube, and being able to quickly do a Google search from the Location Bar was faster than changing the search engine in the Search Bar.

Currently running v14.0.1. The most recent update seems to have disabled the ability to perform searches from the Location Bar; instead, I have to use the Search Bar exclusively. This is mildly inconvenient as I usually have the dedicated Search Bar set to something other than Google, such as Wikipedia or YouTube, and being able to quickly do a Google search from the Location Bar was faster than changing the search engine in the Search Bar.

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Ah-ha! Seems as though everything was set correctly, but somehow the newest version wiped out the keyword.URL value. Set it to "http://www.google.com/search?q=" and it worked. Thanks!

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You're welcome