[GH-ISSUE #526] [FEATURE] If full URL entered in search it's treated as such #340

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opened 2026-02-25 20:35:29 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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Originally created by @thunderclap82 on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/526

I have Whoogle set up as my browser start page. When opened, the cursor starts in the Whoogle search bar. It would be nice if a URL is entered, without or without http/s, it would just go to that site instead of searching for it. It would reduce an extra step of clicking in the browser URL bar first.

Originally created by @thunderclap82 on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/526 I have Whoogle set up as my browser start page. When opened, the cursor starts in the Whoogle search bar. It would be nice if a URL is entered, without or without http/s, it would just go to that site instead of searching for it. It would reduce an extra step of clicking in the browser URL bar first.

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@benbusby commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021):

I'm not sure I'm comfortable implementing this, since it breaks expected behavior for most (all?) search engines. I do appreciate the consideration though. Personally I'm accustomed to just hitting ctrl+L (or cmd+L) to move the cursor to the search bar if I want to navigate directly to a site instead of searching.

@benbusby commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021): I'm not sure I'm comfortable implementing this, since it breaks expected behavior for most (all?) search engines. I do appreciate the consideration though. Personally I'm accustomed to just hitting ctrl+L (or cmd+L) to move the cursor to the search bar if I want to navigate directly to a site instead of searching.

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@thunderclap82 commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021):

I didn't even consider the Ctl-L option. I'll just start doing that. Thanks!

@thunderclap82 commented on GitHub (Nov 7, 2021): I didn't even consider the Ctl-L option. I'll just start doing that. Thanks!

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[PR #340] [CLOSED] Make search input autofocused #848