128857 - Internet Keywords search should use Default Search Engine

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 53171

(SeaMonkey :: Search, defect)

Description

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

What I really want to be able to do is to type some space-separated words in the
URL text box and hit enter, and get a Google search. 

I know I can edit prefs.js to get that, but if the user has already selected his
default search engine, he's probably not interested in getting results from a
different one if he uses a different piece of the UI to get there.

Per bug 58867, Internet Keywords is the path through which these searches should
be handled.

Comment 1

[Alfonso Martinez]

You can do it just by pressing the up arrow before pressing enter.

Comment 2

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

Yes, there are lots of ways to get it to work (I hack prefs.js) - I'm just
thinking of the average user and UI coherency.

Comment 3

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

For a handful of results I tried I get exactly the same results with Netscape
Search and the search button as I do with internet keywords (hitting return). 
So if someone wants the default IK behavior, they can just select Netscape
Search as their default search engine and lose nothing.

Comment 4

[Braden]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 53171 ***

Comment 5

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

Verifying duplicate.  See bug 137026 for a better idea, anyway.