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How to get Chrome’s Omnibox in Opera [Tip]

Last updated on December 8, 2014 By Venkat

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As you all know Google Chrome’s omnibox is combination of address bar and search box which allows to type website addresses and also perform searches directly from it .We already covered about Omnibar extension,which brings Chrome ‘s omnibox to Firefox, let us see how we can bring the same to Opera.

omnibox in opera

If you have installed recently released Opera 10.60 beta on your Computer

  • Open Opera browser
  • Right click on the search box and click Customize and click Remove from toolbar.
  • That’s it search box will be removed  and Opera will be left with only address bar.

remove search box from opera toolbar

Now whenever you want to perform a search or two in opera type “gquery” in the address bar will show search results powered by Google. Now your opera Address bar will look much like Chrome’s omnibox, is it not !.

Read How to make Google as Speed Dial Search Engine in Opera 10.60 Beta

To revert back to default settings, right click on the address bar click Customize  and click Reset Toolbar to its Defaults.

Filed Under: Google Chrome, Opera, tips and tricks Tagged With: Omnibox, omnibox in opera

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  1. Namey McName says

    August 13, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    But this doesn’t give the Instant feature.

    Any ideas about how to get that?

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