Searching with Konqueror is very convenient. You can use the
search bar or Web shortcuts.
13.5.1 Using the Search Bar
Konqueror contains a search bar where you can choose from
many search engines. If you want to search for a specific term,
proceed as follows:
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Start Konqueror.
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Locate the search bar. It is on the right side after the
location bar.
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Click the icon inside the search bar. Choose a search
engine from the pop-up menu.
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Insert your search term and press Enter. The result is displayed
in Konqueror.
If you need a search engine that is not listed in the pop-up
menu, add it as follows:
Adding More Search Engines
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Start Konqueror.
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Click the icon in the search bar.
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Choose .
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Make sure that
is activated.
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Enable the respective search engine and close the dialog
with . You can see your selected search
engine if you click the icon in the search bar.
13.5.2 Using Web Shortcuts
Each search engine defined is attached to a web
shortcut. This shortcut can be entered in the
location bar.
To see which are already defined, go to . You can see the names of the search providers and
the shortcuts. Konqueror defines many search engines: Google,
Yahoo, and Lycos, and a number of less common resources, like an
acronym database, the Internet movie database, and KDE
application searches.
If you do not find your preferred search engine here,
easily define a new one. For example, to search our support
database for some interesting articles, normally go to https://portal.suse.com/, find the search page,
and enter your query. This can be simplified
Creating New Web Shortcuts
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Go to the search bar, click the icon, and select
.
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Make sure that
is activated.
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Click .
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Create a new Web shortcut:
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Assign your Web shortcut a name in .
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Enter the search URI. Pressing
Shift
F1
and clicking in the field opens a small
help. The search query is specified as
\{@}. The challenge is inserting this
at the correct position. For example, if you want to
search in the SUSE Support Database, use https://portal.suse.com/PM/page/search.pm?q=\{@}&t=optionSdbKeywords&m=25&l=en&x=true.
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Enter your abbreviations in . There can more than one, separated
by commas.
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Proceed with .
HINT: Using Shortcuts Directly without Opening Konqueror
You do not need to open Konqueror and enter the Web
shortcut. It is also possible to call it directly. Select
from the main menu or press
Alt
F2
. After the dialog box appears, enter your shortcut
with the search term.
After creating a new Web shortcut, for example,
sdb_en, you can use this in the location
bar. The result is displayed in the current window.
