{"id":709,"date":"2012-10-09T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/?p=709"},"modified":"2016-12-09T21:25:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T21:25:37","slug":"firefox-search-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/theden\/2012\/10\/09\/firefox-search-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Your Way with the Firefox Search Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you search? Is Google your main tool? Or maybe you prefer Bing. Perhaps you just want to search Amazon or eBay for that new must-have item. It could be that you want to search for a news tidbits on Twitter. However you search, Firefox wants to make it easy and customizable.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at the Firefox Search Bar (it\u2019s the text field at the top right corner of your browser).<\/p>\n

\"Firefox<\/a>From there, you can use any major search engine to search without ever having to enter its Web address. There\u2019s an icon in the left corner of the search bar that tells you which site you\u2019ll be using (the \u201cactive\u201d search engine). If that\u2019s the search engine you want to use, just type your query into the text field and hit return. Firefox will display the search results from that site.<\/p>\n

But what if the icon says \u201cGoogle\u201d and you want to use \u201cYahoo!\u201d Not a problem. You\u2019ll notice a little downward pointing arrow next to the icon \u2014 clicking that arrow opens a menu. Select your preferred search engine from the menu to change the preference (the icon will also change). Now, just enter your query and hit return. The results will now show from your selected search engine.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll notice we\u2019ve included several search engines for you to choose from:<\/p>\n