I want to disable searching results on adress bar

[debiedowner]

Searches polluting Vivaldi's typed history greatly annoys me as well. I want the typed history to consist of the websites that I typed, including neither selected-text-context-menu searches nor searches using keywords. My workaround for the context menu is not using Vivaldi's context menu searches at all; instead I use an extension/mod I wrote that adds the search engines I want to the context menu. This also has the added benefit that I don't need to bother with submenus. As for the keyword searches, I disabled search in address field and now use the separate search field exclusively. (My other motivation for doing that was this issue.) If I use the default search engine, there is no problem, but, frustratingly, if I use a search engine keyword, the search still gets saved to the typed history. But there is a tedious way to avoid that: I type the keyword and a space, then delete them, then type my search query and press enter. Then, and only then, I can prevent the search query from being added to the typed history, and have it saved to the search field history instead.

It is irritating that I need to go such extreme lengths to keep typed website history and search history separate; but having them tangled was even more annoying, so this is what I do now. But I still have thousands of such searches in my typed history and I couldn't find an easy way to delete them. I tried deleting them one by one, e.g. typing "g " in the address bar and deleting all typed history results by clicking the 'x' or Shift+Del, but it's clear that it would take many, many hours, probably days to clean them this way. I can try living with them; but now that I disabled search in address field, they become even more annoying due to another Vivaldi bug (I don't bother reporting it since I have no hope of such a niche bug being fixed), so I will need to clear them, but I'm not sure how.

[dude99]

@pafflick As per suggested I made a request here: https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/547994

I think the OP is frustrated because this annoying behavior is driving people nuts overtime... cuz it really doesn't make sense to cramp search history into typed history (it feel almost like a bug), for this behavior make it very difficult to find typed history amongst a bunch of search history entries which polluted the list.

This is like Microsoft vs Apple design philosophies, where technically MS OS is superior but it's GUI & UX are unintuitive & unfriendly to most non tech user. Vivaldi might be a geeky browser for tech competent user, but there is no reason to made the Addressfield dropdown list so convoluted & frustrating to navigate.

[Peobody]

I recently returned to Vivaldi after trying some other browsers and find the current address field behavior unbearable. I came here looking for answers and found this old discussion. It seems relevant to my issue so here goes...

IMO, the address field should be solely for entering a URL. An option for offering typed history matches would be ok provided you could select from the list (no automatic population of the address field unless a history address is selected). Searching from the address field should not happen. I recall that being the case considering I have a separate search field in my toolbar. An option to disable searching from the address field would be OK.

[Pathduck]

@Peobody It's been three years. Have you looked in Settings > Address Bar?

[mikeyb2001]

@Peobody Address Bar Settings and turn off what you dont want and Reorder the things you do they will appear in the same order they are listed if they are toggled on

[mikeyb2001]

@Pathduck said in I want to disable searching results on adress bar:

@Peobody It's been three years. Have you looked in Settings > Address Bar?

Stale discussions Can still Be Relevant sometimes when you type your issue it auto suggests old threads to post your issue in instead of making a new one

[Pathduck]

@mikeyb2001 Sure - I'm just saying a lot of stuff can change in three years and maybe it's a good idea to check Settings once in a while, you know, just in case the feature is already there

[Peobody]

@mikeyb2001, Thanks for the response. I had looked in the Address Bar settings for an option to disable searching but didn't find one. Your post prompted me to did deeper, discovering that disabling the drop-down menu stopped the searching. I will try selectively enabling/disabling those options until I find a combination that fits my sensibilities.

[Peobody]

No joy. As soon as I enable the drop-down menu and one of its options (Bookmarks is what I tested), the address bar then defaults to search as soon as an edit is made during typing. In this example I backspaced, removing a "w". A search then becomes the default action even though I have the "Search/Go To" drop-down menu item disabled.

[mikeyb2001]

@Peobody said in I want to disable searching results on adress bar:

@mikeyb2001, Thanks for the response. I had looked in the Address Bar settings for an option to disable searching but didn't find one. Your post prompted me to did deeper, discovering that disabling the drop-down menu stopped the searching. I will try selectively enabling/disabling those options until I find a combination that fits my sensibilities.

[mikeyb2001]

@Peobody said in I want to disable searching results on adress bar:

No joy. As soon as I enable the drop-down menu and one of its options (Bookmarks is what I tested), the address bar then defaults to search as soon as an edit is made during typing. In this example I backspaced, removing a "w". A search then becomes the default action even though I have the "Search/Go To" drop-down menu item disabled.

edit sorry wrong setting

[Peobody]

That is where I started, thinking that unticking the "Search in Address Field" option would disable searching in the address bar.

[dheffer]

@Peobody Hey there, I think found the solution!

Settings > Address Bar > Disable "Show Drop-Down when Typing"

On:

Off:

[Peobody]

@dheffer said in I want to disable searching results on adress bar:

@Peobody Hey there, I think found the solution!
Settings > Address Bar > Disable "Show Drop-Down when Typing"

Yup, I had figured that out. I'm surprised that we have to disable all drop-down functions just to disable searching.