🔤Use shortcuts to start your search directly from the address bar! – Support

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Start the search with an abbreviation in the address bar - e.g. "as" (for amberSearch) so you don't have to navigate to the search first, but just tapping in the address bar can start the search for you. These instructions are valid for Chrome and Edge.

See here a small example and note the "as" which is typed before the search query:

Hints

💡Make sure that the URL has the correct domain: https://demo.ambersearch.de/search?q=%s

Note 1: Here the section "search?q=%s" must be added after the normal domain. (The part demo.ambersearch.de is of course always individual)

Note 2: Omit "www.”

Chrome

Use the following instructions or the version written out below to launch amberSearch in Chrome via shortcut:

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In Chrome, navigate to "chrome://settings/searchEngines". Either navigate through the menu or type it directly in the address bar.
1. Alternative via menu navigation:
  1. Click on "⁝" in the upper right corner.
  2. Click on "Settings
  3. Click on "Search Engine
2. Scroll down to "Website Search" and click on "Add". Enter the following information in the window that opens:
  1. Search Engine: The name of the search engine (amberSearch or other internally assigned names for amberSearch).
  2. Shortcut: The shortcut you want to use to start the search
  3. URL with %s instead of the search query: This is the domain of the amberSearch start page (in the correct format, see notes above) with the addition "/search?q=%s".
3. Click on "Add

Edge

In Edge, navigate to "edge://settings/searchEngines". Either navigate through the menu or type it directly in the address bar.
1. Alternative via menu navigation:
  1. Click on "..." in the upper right corner.
  2. Click on "Privacy, Search and Services
  3. Scroll to the bottom and click on "Address bar and search".
  4. Click on "Manage search engines"
2. Click on "Add":
  1. Search Engine: The name of the search engine (amberSearch or other internally assigned names for amberSearch).
  2. Shortcut: The shortcut you want to use to start the search
  3. URL with %s instead of the search query: This is the domain of the amberSearch start page (in the correct format, see notes above) with the addition "/search?q=%s".
3. Click on "Add"

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