[kde-linux] no search bar in Konqueror

Jim Philips briarpatchkid at bellsouth.net
Thu Oct 12 23:07:18 UTC 2006


On Thursday 12 October 2006 03:10, John Andersen wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 October 2006 16:53, Jim Philips wrote:
> > I'm using KDE 3.5.5 in Kubuntu. The last several versions of KDE, I have
> > had no search bar in Konqueror. I added kde addons, but that is no help.
> > People in the Kubuntu forums only report: "It works fine for me." Is
> > there anything I can check? Or a way I can force it to appear?
> > ___________________________________________________
>
> Settings, Configure Kong, Web Shortcuts, (bottom of page) select your
> default search engine.
>
> (While on that page, take a gander at the web shortcuts capability.
>   Did you know keying gg:<whatever> would search google for <whatever>
>   or keying wp:<something> would look it up in Wikipedia?)
>
>
> Any way, back to the task at hand...
>
> Right click that little dimpled area at the right end of any tool bar and
> select configure tools bars from the pop-up menu, or select Settings,
> Configure Toolbars.
>
> On the Configure tool bars page, where it says Location Toolbar,
> use the little pull-down arrow at the end and select Search Tool Bar.
> If "Search Bar" is not in the right side box, select it in the left side
> and click the right arrow. Click Ok and there you go.

Thanks for the idea. But I've already been there. There is no option to add 
the search bar in that menu.



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