Chrome has a QOL feature where if you visit a website often enough, it will allow you to input part of the URL into the omnibox, whereupon pressing enter would navigate to the site. Brave does not have this function yet, but before site search was “fixed” to only allow URLs with the %s query, you c…

Revert site search behavior or add site shortcut "speed dials"

Saoiray Closed March 8, 2025, 1:04am 2

This is a known issue:

Topic		Replies	Views
Brave doesn't seem to allow direct custom search engine URLs Brave Search	2	138	March 7, 2025
No more shortcuts? Desktop Support	1	501	March 7, 2025
Site search shortcut keys not working in Brave browser Browser Support windows , bug , browser	78	1202	May 16, 2025
Site Search with Tab Browser Support browser	1	94	July 24, 2024
Remap browser hotkeys Brave Feature Requests	0	377	October 24, 2021
"Site search" shortcuts should work in both normal and private windows Desktop Requests	0	355	October 20, 2022
Request for a useful feature named "Speed Dial" Desktop Requests browser , feature-request	14	3856	March 27, 2025
Make Site Search Shortcuts (@tabs, @bookmarks, @history) editable for enhanced productivity Desktop Requests browser , feature-request	2	177	August 24, 2024