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Is there a way to split the Chrome Ominbox into sections?

Is there a way to split the Chrome Ominbox into sections?

I would like to split the omnibox into 3 sections, which each section of the omibox searching different sources. It would look something like this:

Example::

So if I tabbed over from the default URL section, it would go to my first red box, then another tab would go to the next red box. Each box would search a different url, like google.com, bing.com, duckduckgo.com etc.

I know I can add an extension that pops up new search bars, but I would really like to embed this functionality into the URL bar.

Solution

  • No, there is no way to change the layout of the Chrome location bar using an extension.

    As some commenters have already noted, Chrome already supports multiple search engines using prefixes.