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how to Sort search engines in fireFox 34.0?

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Hello, Today I noticed the new Update of Firefox, specially in the Search Bar, I used to change between search engines using crt+down or crl+up, But now I only type what I want to search and use the up and down keys to select the search engine, but I want to change the order of the search engines, because youtube is the second in my list, but now it is the last one I can access using the Arrows.

I only found the option to hide other search engines, but not one to sort them.


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Hello, Today I noticed the new Update of Firefox, specially in the Search Bar, I used to change between search engines using crt+down or crl+up, But now I only type what I want to search and use the up and down keys to select the search engine, but I want to change the order of the search engines, because youtube is the second in my list, but now it is the last one I can access using the Arrows. I only found the option to hide other search engines, but not one to sort them. Thanks

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I still see them in the order in which they appear as set via the old search engine manager window.

You can open search engines manager with this chrome URI in a tab to change the order:

  • chrome://browser/content/search/engineManager.xul
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Sorry, but I don't think it is possible to rearrange the search engines with the new search bar scheme. They appear to be in alpha order and I don't see any way to move them. I just reverted to the old scheme.

Open up about:config (typed in the Location Bar) and toggle this preference to false browser.search.showOneOffButtons Then restart Firefox.

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I still see them in the order in which they appear as set via the old search engine manager window.

You can open search engines manager with this chrome URI in a tab to change the order:

  • chrome://browser/content/search/engineManager.xul
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In the address bar, type about:preferences#search<enter>

If you miss being able to switch search engines without going crazy with menus, try this out;

Context Search {web link} Expands the context menu's 'Search for' item into a list of installed search engines, allowing you to choose the engine you want to use for each search.

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Thank you, yes... this solved the problem, this opens the old "Search Engines" Window and I can Sort them there.... I hope in an early update Firefox adds a Button to open that window. :)

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Thank you, yes... this solved the problem, this opens the old "Search Engines" Window and I can Sort them there.... I hope in an early update Firefox adds a Button to open that window. :)