It seems that the only site on the web that is unavailable for search via Chrome's omnibar is Google's own Maps. Is there any way I could teach the omnibar to search Google Maps?
2 Answers
You'll have to add a custom search engine. Click on Chrome Menu → Options → Basics → Manage Search Engines. Under Add other search engine, add the following:
- Name: Google Maps
- keyword: maps.google.com
- URL:
https://www.google.com/maps/search/%s
Now, type maps
(and hit tab) followed by the keyword will search for the keyword in Google Maps.
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4A small comment on this one: setting keyword to "maps.google.com" is more like the original automatic omnibar behaviour. Thanks! Jan 5, 2012 at 15:00
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4Any idea why Chrome can't just autodetect this one, like it does with all other search pages? Nov 4, 2014 at 16:30
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Thomas, Unless I'm mistaken the problem is that Google Maps doesn't support OpenSearch.– geppyDec 10, 2014 at 16:36
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Is there any way this could be parameterized to enable searching github issues for any repo from the omnibar? Jan 22, 2017 at 4:49
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See my answer--just removing the old entry may be preferable, if applicable– mpoweredSep 14, 2018 at 23:30
In my case, this was because there was a custom search engine from ages ago.
- Go to custom search engines (Chrome Menu → Settings → Search Engine → Manage Search Engines)
- Scroll to or find
maps.google.com
in the (inner) search box - Click the more button on the far right
- Click "Remove from list"
Next time I searched on Google Maps, everything started working as expected.
add search manage engine chrome tab
). My original search (add search provider chrome
), was no help. Would you and @Sathya mind generalizing this QA?