One way you can quickly toggle to a different search engine is by editing the Keyword
for it in your list. With this approach you don't need to change your default search engine.
- Right click on your Omnibar and click
Edit search engines...
Look for the
DuckDuckGo
entry and select itThe middle column enter a short and memorable keyword, like
du
for instance
- Click
Done
to close the modal window
In the Omnibar, you can now just type du
+ Space on your keyboard to toggle DuckDuckGo
. Then, just type a search term and off you go.
Here's how it looks in action
If DuckDuckGo
does not exist in your list of search engines, you can easily add it.
Right click on your Omnibar and click
Edit search engines...
Scroll to the bottom of the
Other search engines
section and look forAdd a new search engine
Enter
DuckDuckGo
for the search engine name,du
(or other) for the keyword, andhttps://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&t=canonical
for the URLClick
Done
to close the modal window