How to search in Opera

Here are a couple of ways that Opera makes it easier to search the Internet and to search for text on a website…

Find as you type

This type of search is similar to FireFox’s find function. Press the forward slash key (/) or the period key (.) and start typing. Opera will find the word as you are typing.

To move to the next search result, press F3 or Ctrl + G.
To find the previous search result, press Shift + F3 or Ctrl + Shift + G.

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Keyword searches

This type of search uses keyword shortcuts in the address bar. For example, by default ‘e’ is assigned to search ebay. So you can type ‘e wii’ in the address bar and it will search eBay for Wii. To view the default keyword searches, click Tools -> Preferences (or use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl + F12) and then click on the Search tab.

Also, the keyboard shortcut to set focus on the adress bar is: Ctrl + L or Alt + D or you can press F8. Take your pick!

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Custom keyword searches

You can also create your own keyword searches. In any search form field, right-click and select Create Search. Then in the dialog box, assign this search to any keyword or letter.

Read more about this type of search here.