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After the latest update in google chrome (36) when I search in the omnibox there is no search field on the google results page and it is possible to search only in the omnibox which is extremely annoying.

How can I disable that "improvement" of user experience?

This article from last year describes the problem

http://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-box-16418.html

D.Iankov
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Apparently, this behavior is caused by Chrome sending the special GET parameter &espv=101 in the URL.

You should be able to fix it by simply removing the parameter (along with all the other junk that Chrome sends by default):

  1. Right-click the Omnibar
  2. Select Edit search engines…
  3. Select Google (Default) and click [Edit] (or just double-click it)
  4. Replace the URL field with https://www.google.com/search?q=%s
  5. Click [OK] and [Close]

Now, when you type something in the Omnibar, it will go to a nice, simple, encrypted Google search without sending all kinds of extra information to them, and without removing the search box.


Figure 1: Editing the custom-search engine to simplify Google searches and prevent the input-box removal

Fixing Chrome search by editing custom search

Synetech
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Although they have edit the Chrome version for Android too, the search is displayed instead of the URL for that page and similar thing would have happened here too.

Actually this annoying thing is a part of their User Experience, so I don't think from 36version onwards you'll be using the Google web page's search on Chrome.

If you want to do so, you'll either have to go back to a pervious version. Or use some other browser.

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This feature used to be enabled in Chrome 29 by chrome://flags/ via "Enable Instant Extended API". Search to see if this setting still exists and can be disabled.

Otherwise, there are extensions such as Search Center that could help.

harrymc
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