Firefox has several search engines build in which the user can use to search the web. Those are the big search engines with an option to add several more when following a link to the Firefox homepage. The Open Search Fox plugin for Firefox makes it even easier to add search engines, or search boxes, on almost any website to Firefox.
A new option has been added to the right-click menu after installing the Firefox extension. Whenever you right-click on a search box you get the option to “Add OpenSearch plugin”. If you select this option you see a short form where you can edit the name and description of the search form which will afterwards be added as a search engine to the search engines in Firefox.
This is great if you would like to add the possibility to search your favorite websites in Firefox directly. You may swap positions of the search engines by clicking on Manage Search Engines.
Update: The original Open Search add-on for Firefox is no longer available. Firefox users who would like the functionality in their browser can alternatively install the Add To Search Bar extension for the browser which provides the same functionality. As an added benefit, it is hosted at the official Mozilla website and not a third party site (which means added security).
Once you have installed the add-on and restarted your computer, you can right-click any search bar on an open web page and select Add to search bar from the options to add it to the list of search engines installed in your version of the browser.
The search engine is now added to your browser, and you can use it by switching to it in the search bar, or by using add-ons like
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Your link to Open Search Fox is broken, i can’t find that plugginin addon firefox database :(
Open Search Fox has been discontinued, any alternatives?
ya! Add to Search Bar 1.7
by Dr. Evil
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682
I found addon that do exactly the same: mycroft