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How do I add a new Default Search Engine?

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grgwmsm
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I'm a long-time Chrome user giving Firefox a try. In Chrome I can use a URL with parameters to create a new Default Search Engine. I used to be able to do this in Firefox many years ago. But I can not figure out how to do this today in Firefox. Is it still possible in Firefox? How do I do it?

Firefox is proving to be a frustrating experience when coming from Chrome (any solutions to these problems?): -no ability to add new Default Search Engine -no ability to easily manage profiles and identify visually which profile user is in -bookmarks manager opening in a separate window instead of a new tab

I'm a long-time Chrome user giving Firefox a try. In Chrome I can use a URL with parameters to create a new Default Search Engine. I used to be able to do this in Firefox many years ago. But I can not figure out how to do this today in Firefox. Is it still possible in Firefox? How do I do it? Firefox is proving to be a frustrating experience when coming from Chrome (any solutions to these problems?): -no ability to add new Default Search Engine -no ability to easily manage profiles and identify visually which profile user is in -bookmarks manager opening in a separate window instead of a new tab

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Dropa
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Did you do a search for Firefox search engine? If so that would at least show how to do a search engine change configuration.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox

James
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grgwmsm said
-no ability to add new Default Search Engine -no ability to easily manage profiles and identify visually which profile user is in

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox# https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox# https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/assign-shortcuts-search-engines#

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles# https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dedicated-profiles-firefox-installation#

Terry
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If you want to add a custom search engine, the answer linked below may help.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1365694#answer-1477788

zeroknight
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The easiest way to install a custom search engine URL with an icon is with mycroftproject.com.

If you don't care about icons, you can expose a button to add search engines by going to about:config and changing browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh to true.