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Let me clarify: I want to see "lemmy" in the URL bar if I search it and can copy it instead of https://www.google.com/search?q=lemmy (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Apparently I wasn't clear enough in my other post. When I focus on the URL bar on a search page with either CMD L or by clicking it, I want to be able to just copy the phrase "lemmy" instead of having to select the text from https://www.google.com/search?q=lemmy. If I type search queries with spaces in them, the spaces are replaced with +s in the URL so I can't easily copy them.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What you describe is default for me. I can type “test 123” in the URL bar, which looks up that phrase with my default search engine, and if I select it again, I can edit or copy the original search query “test 123”. It doesn’t show a URL. You can configure that setting on the settings page where you can configure your default search engine.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just created a new profile and it isn't default on it. What settings do I change for it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can use the reverse of this (scroll down to the 3 steps): https://www.ghacks.net/2022/12/23/firefox-may-soon-display-the-search-term-instead-of-the-search-engines-address/. If you don't have that option, I think you might be running an outdated version of Firefox.