Only the default search engines that come with the browser are displayed in the dropdown menu. I opened a Github issue not long time ago for that, but unfortunately it looks like nothing will be changed as of the moment.
opened 06:29AM - 19 Jun 21 UTC
closed 01:29PM - 21 Jun 21 UTC
closed/wontfix
OS/Desktop
## Description
Users can't choose a newly-added search engine from the dropdow… n menu at _**brave://settings/search**_ unless the newly-added search engine is selected as default at _**brave://settings/searchEngines**_.
If users choose another search engine from the dropdown menu later, their previous search engine (the newly-added search engine from my previous sentence) will disappear from the dropdown menu, and users will have to make it default if they want to be able to choose it from the dropdown menu once again.
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Add a search engine at _**brave://settings/searchEngines**_
2. Check the search engines dropdown menu at _**brave://settings/search**_
3. The newly-added search engine won't appear unless you make it default at _**brave://settings/searchEngines**_
## Actual result:
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/20608253/122633237-265fdb00-d0e0-11eb-8d55-7c8e5caffd64.mp4
## Expected result:
Users should be able to select newly-added search engines from the dropdown menu without having to make those search engines their default.
## Reproduces how often:
Easily
## Brave version (brave://version info)
Brave | 1.25.73 Chromium: 91.0.4472.106 (Official Build) (64-bit)
-- | --
Revision | 574f7b38e4e7244c92c4675e902e8f8e3d299ea7-refs/branch-heads/4472@{#1477}
OS | Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
JavaScript | V8 9.1.269.36
User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/91.0.4472.106 Safari/537.36
Command Line | "C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" --enable-dom-distiller --disable-domain-reliability --no-pings --origin-trial-public-key=bYUKPJoPnCxeNvu72j4EmPuK7tr1PAC7SHh8ld9Mw3E=,fMS4mpO6buLQ/QMd+zJmxzty/VQ6B1EUZqoCU04zoRU= --sync-url=https://sync-v2.brave.com/v2 --lso-url=https://no-thanks.invalid --variations-server-url=https://variations.brave.com/seed --enable-features=PrefetchPrivacyChanges,LegacyTLSEnforced,SafetyTip,WinrtGeolocationImplementation,AutoupgradeMixedContent,WebUIDarkMode,PasswordImport,ReducedReferrerGranularity --disable-features=LangClientHintHeader,InterestCohortAPIOriginTrial,FirstPartySets,FlocIdComputedEventLogging,HandwritingRecognitionWebPlatformApiFinch,HandwritingRecognitionWebPlatformApi,AutofillEnableAccountWalletStorage,FledgeInterestGroupAPI,EnableProfilePickerOnStartup,TextFragmentAnchor,FledgeInterestGroups,InterestCohortFeaturePolicy,SignedExchangePrefetchCacheForNavigations,NetworkTimeServiceQuerying,SubresourceWebBundles,IdleDetection,NotificationTriggers,WebOTP,SignedExchangeSubresourcePrefetch,DirectSockets,TrustTokens,TabHoverCards,SharingQRCodeGenerator,FederatedLearningOfCohorts,AutofillServerCommunication,LiveCaption --flag-switches-begin --enable-features=PrefetchPrivacyChanges,LegacyTLSEnforced,SafetyTip,WinrtGeolocationImplementation,AutoupgradeMixedContent,WebUIDarkMode,PasswordImport,ReducedReferrerGranularity,EphemeralStorage --flag-switches-end
Executable Path | C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe
Profile Path | C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default
Variations | aed3cac0-3f4a17df7146a73c-3f4a17dfc63a3c82-3f4a17df
## Version/Channel Information:
- Can you reproduce this issue with the current release?
- Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel?
- Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel?
## Other Additional Information:
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
- Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
- Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?
## Miscellaneous Information:
Make sure you add Gibiru using the correct parameter:
https://gibiru.com/results.html?q=%s
After you add the search engine, click on the 3 dots next to it and set it as default.
3 Likes
