Search bookmarks in Google Chrome address bar

Question

I simply want to search through the bookmarks in Google Chrome as I type in the address bar. I don't want to have to type the full URL just to hit a site already stored in my bookmarks.

Google Chrome doesn't seem to catch the bookmark entries and I usually have to type a full URL if I know it.

Is there any way to turn it on to search through the bookmarks or an extension that can do this?

Answer 1

No bloated extensions necessary. Simply add a new Search engine in Chrome options:

Chrome Settings > Basic > Search > Manage Search Engines

• Search Engine Name: Chrome Bookmarks
• Keyword: b
• URL: chrome://bookmarks/?q=%s

That will allow you to easily search your bookmarks by simply pressing b then a SPACE or TAB.

Answer 2

Go to Tools -> Options -> Basic -> Default Search Manage -> Add...

You can use:

Name: Chrome History (or whatever you want)
Keyword: h
URL: chrome://history/#q=%s&p=0

Now if you want to search for superuser in your history just type "h superuser" into your addressbar. You can use whatever keyword you'd like when you create the link, "h" is just an example. I use this quick search for everything... a-amazon, i-imdb, e-ebay, g-I'm feeling Lucky Google search... You can even be more specific with it, like I use "ipeople" to do a people search on IMDB instead of a regular IMDB search. Just make sure you don't use a keyword you might normally want to search for... I use mostly single letter keywords.

Answer 3

This must have been a common feature request, because at least as of Chrome 26, the omnibar does automatically search both bookmarks and search history in addition to the normal integration with Google search. Bookmark matches are marked with a star in the predictive search dropdown.

For what it's worth (not much) see Google's omnibox documentation.

Answer 4

The solution is the Fauxbar Extension, which brings Firefox-navbar behavior to chrome/chromium:

Answer 5

The Bookmark Search extension should meet your needs.

Just to clarify, I actually wrote this extension. It is not bloated and source code available at GitHub, with a simple permissive license.

Answer 6

You can search through your bookmarks by pressing CTRL-SHIFT-B. Unfortunately Chrome omnibar is not as efficient as Firefox awesomebar.

Note that there is an issue opened to make Chrome omnibar as "intelligent" as Firefox awesomebar, making it remember the most used keys with associated selected websites (example: if you constantly type "b" in Firefox awesomebar and selects Facebook from it, it would make Facebook be the first shown website when you press "b"). The issue can be viewed here: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=367, but as today it is not resolved.

Answer 7

Press [Ctrl]-[E] and start typing the name of the bookmark. As the match from your Bookmarks is found it will be listed as second item, below the Google Search entry. You can go to that item by pressing [Arrow-Down] and then [Enter].

Answer 8

I created plugin for Chrome to access bookmarks "programmatic way". It was inspired by Intellij IDEA ctrl+shift+n dialog way to access files. I hope you'll like it!)