Changing Google Search

[kh3]

Whenever I search for something in the Google toolbar in Firefox.



It directs me to: http://www.linuxmint.com/start/
I want to be directed to: http://www.google.com/

Instead.

[proxima_centauri]

Add the "Add to Search Bar" Add-on for Firefox -> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... earch-bar/

From there I think you can go to http://www.google.com and add it through the quick search drop down menu.

[Or install the latest FF4.0 from the mozilla stable PPA ]

[kh3]

Add the "Add to Search Bar" Add-on for Firefox -> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... earch-bar/

From there I think you can go to http://www.google.com and add it through the quick search drop down menu.

[Or install the latest FF4.0 from the mozilla stable PPA ]

Didn't work at all.

[Habitual]

kh3:

Try this and HEED the warnings about using about:config.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... rl#p396409

This will NOT correct the Search bar behavior, but does allow you to search Google without it.
I totally removed my search bar and just use the keyword.url string and a new tab.
If you don't want the I'm Feeling Lucky hit from the search, I can modify the keywork.url string to not behave that way.

NOTE: The string from FF3x is

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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

Hope that helps.

[kh3]

kh3:

Try this and HEED the warnings about using about:config.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... rl#p396409

This will NOT correct the Search bar behavior, but does allow you to search Google without it.
I totally removed my search bar and just use the keyword.url string and a new tab.
If you don't want the I'm Feeling Lucky hit from the search, I can modify the keywork.url string to not behave that way.

NOTE: The string from FF3x is

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http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

Hope that helps.

Thanks, but not what I wanted. Any other ideas on how to fix this?

[LongRider]

Have you tried disabling the "Mint Search Enhancer" plugin that's installed in Firefox? Not sure if it will work for you or not.

[proxima_centauri]

Add the "Add to Search Bar" Add-on for Firefox -> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... earch-bar/

From there I think you can go to http://www.google.com and add it through the quick search drop down menu.

[Or install the latest FF4.0 from the mozilla stable PPA ]

Didn't work at all.

So you right-clicked on the www.google.com search bar, and selected "Add to Searchbar.."? Then set up the name and selected it from the quick search drop down menu?

[kh3]

Have you tried disabling the "Mint Search Enhancer" plugin that's installed in Firefox? Not sure if it will work for you or not.

Tried that, didn't work.

Add the "Add to Search Bar" Add-on for Firefox -> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... earch-bar/

From there I think you can go to http://www.google.com and add it through the quick search drop down menu.

[Or install the latest FF4.0 from the mozilla stable PPA ]

Didn't work at all.

So you right-clicked on the http://www.google.com search bar, and selected "Add to Searchbar.."? Then set up the name and selected it from the quick search drop down menu?

I don't see that anywhere.

[ninja1]

The "add to search bar" Firefox add-on solution, offered by proxima_centauri, does indeed work; I just verified it. Your newly-added 'plain google' should be at the bottom of the dropdown list of the searchbar. It doesn't replace the 'mint google', it just gets tacked on to the list with all the other search engines. You can then click "Manage Search Engines..." to rearrange the order of the list and/or delete the unwanted entries.

[proxima_centauri]

I don't see that anywhere.

Install the addon and restart Firefox. Go to www.google.com
Go to where you enter your search query box, right-click in the that box and you have the option "Add to Search Bar.."
You now add official Google search to the quick search bar, as indicated in your original screenshot, simply click the google icon drop down box and change the default search engine

[kh3]

Awesome, now I got it!

[alirezaimi]

I don't see that anywhere.

Install the addon and restart Firefox. Go to http://www.google.com
Go to where you enter your search query box, right-click in the that box and you have the option "Add to Search Bar.."
You now add official Google search to the quick search bar, as indicated in your original screenshot, simply click the google icon drop down box and change the default search engine

This worked,thanks.