1420566 - Tab to search in website's search engine

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 782557

(Firefox :: Search, enhancement)

Description

[Pascal Seitz]

I am used to Chrome's tab to search.

For example, whether it's YouTube, Amazon, Wikipedia, or any other site with its own search function, all I have to do is start typing "yout," Chrome will automatically fill it out to youtube.com with an option to press Tab to automatically start searching youtube from the address bar. 

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I am aware of  keyword search, which is a okay workaroud for some sites, but I can't set and remember all keywords for maybe 20 sites. It would be really nice, to quickly search in a website, by typing the websites name and then tabbing (or some other key)

I'd be willing to implement this feature.

Comment 1

[Marco Bonardo [:mak] (Away Apr 25 - May 5)]

Please move to bug 782557. You can ask Florian about the implementation effort, he's the Search owner and can help you coordinate.
I think in general we may want this feature for parity and easier users onboarding.