Why does it seems to be impossible to enable a simple keyword in the search field to take you to a place? Like seriously? I was only trying to establish the word “docs” to take me to a new google docs document, but it seems impossible to do. Is it because it google? Why does it have to be THAT hard to do? Am I just an idiot for not realizing its painfully easy like other browsers? Please just tell me Im an idiot and its not that hard and show me the way. Show me the way Master.
May interest:
Brave Search has incorporated the DuckDuckGo list of !bangs:
Found a comprehensive list of !bangs:
Submit a new !bang or Update an existing !bang:
NOTE: !bangs work in the Brave Search Engine’s search field at:
AND: !bangs work in the Brave Browser URL Address Field - IF Brave Search is set to be the browser’s default search engine.
Also may help:
[email protected][email protected] #171Apr 2, 2025 07:58AM
Hi,
On behalf of Chrome, I’d like to extend an apology for the disruption this recent change has caused those who relied on it for their day to day browsing or work. We took your feedback seriously, actively reviewed and explored a range of options, and I’m happy to announce we decided to bring this functionality back. You can expect to start using your saved keyword shortcuts again in the next Chrome release (136 milestone) at the end of this month.
We made the initial decision to discontinue offering keyword shortcuts based on limited usage data and internal polling of developers to see if they use this feature regularly. The goal of the deprecation was so we can focus on improving the experience for other widely used features in the Omnibox and support long term code maintainability goals. We recognize that changes like this can significantly impact the daily workflows of a subset of users, regardless of the volume of usage data. We will keep those lessons in mind and find alternative ways to support our engineering goals without disrupting your workflows.
Here in Chrome, we strive to provide the best browsing experience for our users. Thank you for your understanding and for helping us improve Chrome!
@Padawan I’m assuming that you’re referring to keyword shortcuts in the address bar rather than on the search.brave.com site itself – is that correct? If so, you’re better off simply creating a bookmark on the bookmarks toolbar, a shortcut to it on the new tab page, or use the autofill function.
The reason being that the address bar shortcuts only work for site searches – not to visit specific websites. While this is not out of the realm of possibility to be implemented in the future, it is currently not possible.
You could set up a search engine shortcut to search for docs on docs.google.com by adding a site search entry like so:
