Click the “3 dots” Page actions button (see screenshot below) found at the end of the URL bar in Firefox. When you’re all done, click the Add search engine button. One way to find a URL to use is to take a look at the HTML source of the web page and quickly scan for the words logo or icon – then copy the URL into the Icon URL field. Finally, add the URL to a logo or icon to be displayed with that search. If I wanted to add a Google Canada search to my Firefox Search box, I’d use the URL Įnter a name for your search engine in the Search name field. I copied that URL into the Search URL field in the Search Engines Helper configuration window, but replaced the word “firefox” with a %s variable. I ran a search for the word “Firefox” which resulted with the URL of:
In my case I used the search engine found here on. The easiest way to determine the search address is to run a search on the site you want to add. Now you’ll need to add 3 things – a search URL, a name for your search engine, and the location of an icon/logo to use.Then select the Add a new search engine option. Click the newly added Search Engines Helper icon (a magnifying glass, see screenshot below) that’s now in your Firefox menu bar.Start by installing the Search Engines Helper Firefox add-on.It’s an open source add-on and you can find the source code here on GitHub if you’d like. Using a fantastic Firefox add-on, Search Engines Helper, you can add any search box to your Firefox search bar. This step by step guide will show you how to add any search engine to the Firefox Search bar.
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