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Added user manual assets and updated .gitignore (#186)
* Added user manual assets and updated .gitignore * Fixed grammatical errors and improved clarity in URL bar documentation
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.gitignore

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# Fumadocs
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.source
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# Generated content
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.contentlayer
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.content-collections
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.source
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# Misc
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.DS_Store
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**/.obsidian
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package-lock.json
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next-env.d.ts

content/docs/user-manual/urlbar.mdx

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description: Smart navigation with persistent input memory
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Different from most browsers, Zen uses the **URL bar** as a quick and efficient way to navigate the web, eliminating the need of dedicated new tab page.
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Different from most browsers, Zen uses the **URL bar** as a quick and efficient way to navigate the web, eliminating the need for a dedicated new tab page.
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When you click the **New Tab** button in Zen, the URL bar will popped up on top of your current tab. Simply type your URL or search query into the bar, and hit Enter to search keywords or visit sites directly in a new tab.
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When you click the **New Tab** button in Zen, the URL bar will pop up on top of your current tab. Simply type your URL or search query into the bar, and hit Enter to search keywords or visit sites directly in a new tab.
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<Callout>
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If you close the URL bar after typing a URL or search query, the text will still be saved unless you navigate to a different URL or refresh the page.
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### Toggle floating behavior of the URL bar
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Zen has several floating behavior on its URL bar, which can be changed in `Settings` > `Look and Feel` > `Zen URL Bar`:
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Zen has several floating behaviors for its URL bar, which can be changed in `Settings` > `Look and Feel` > `Zen URL Bar`:
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- **Floating only when typing** (Default) – The URL bar will float in the center when you access it from the New Tab button or the `Ctrl + L`/ keyboard shortcut. But, if you open the URL bar by clicking, it will stick to its regular position at the top.
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- **Always floating** – The URL bar will always float in the center, both from clicking directly, New Tab button, and keyboard shortcuts.
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- **Normal**Position of the opened URL bar will always be attached to top side, both from clicking directly, New Tab button, and keyboard shortcuts.
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- **Normal**The position of the opened URL bar will always be attached to the top, whether accessed by clicking directly, using the New Tab button, or via keyboard shortcuts.
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### Setting default search engine
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By default, Zen provided **Google**, **DuckDuckGo**, and **Wikipedia** (English) as default search engine providers. You can choose between Google and DuckDuckGo in the onboarding process, after installing Zen.
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By default, Zen provides **Google**, **DuckDuckGo**, and **Wikipedia** (English) as default search engine providers. You can choose between Google and DuckDuckGo in the onboarding process after installing Zen.
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![Default search engines during onboarding](/assets/user-manual/urlbar/onboarding-search.png)
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You can also change, edit and manage search engines by opening `Settings` > `Search`. Some of the available settings includes:
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You can also change, edit, and manage search engines by opening `Settings` > `Search`. Some of the available settings include:
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- **Set different search engines** to use by default in regular and Private Browsing windows.
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- **Show or hide search suggestions** and set its priority towards browsing history when URL bar is opened.
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- Show **recent search** as one of the search suggestion when using URL bar.
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- Show **recent searches** as one of the search suggestions when using the URL bar.
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- **Toggle suggestion entries** from Browsing History, Bookmarks, Clipboard, Open Tabs, or Search Engines to appear when using URL bar.
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### Add a website as Search Engine
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Most search engine sites supported the [OpenSearch protocol](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/OpenSearch) that enabled it to be added as search engine easily, as well as other sites, including YouTube, X, Spotify, YouTube Music, Github, and Amazon.
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Most search engine sites support the [OpenSearch protocol](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/OpenSearch), which enables them to be added as search engines easily. This includes sites like YouTube, X, Spotify, YouTube Music, Github, and Amazon.
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Just visit the site, and after loading process is finished, if supported, you can see **Add "Website Name"** option in the right click context menu.
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![Add new search engine](/assets/user-manual/urlbar/add-new-service.png)
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You can also add search engines from the [Mycroft Project site](https://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html), where they listed more than 20.000 search engine plugins for various websites. Once you got search engine page for the website you want to add, right click the URL bar and click the **Add "Website Name"** option.
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You can also add search engines from the [Mycroft Project site](https://mycroftproject.com/search-engines.html), where they list more than 20,000 search engine plugins for various websites. Once you are on the search engine page for the website you want to add, right-click the URL bar and click the **Add "Website Name"** option.
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### Add, manage, and remove Search Engine from Search Shortcuts settings
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Open `Settings` > `Search` > `Search Shortcuts` to show the list of available search engines, as well as further configurations.
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![Search Shortcuts Menu](/assets/user-manual/urlbar/search-shortcuts.png)
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Click **Add** button to add a new search engine manually, with these text field to insert:
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Click the **Add** button to add a new search engine manually, using these text fields:
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- **Search engine name**
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- **Search suggestion URL** (use %s in place of the search term, you can use the same link as the Engine URL)
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- **Custom keyword** you can type in URL bar to switch into searching mode for the search engine easily
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- **Custom keyword** that you can type in the URL bar to easily switch to the search mode for that specific search engine.
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- You can also drag a search engine up or down to set the order of its appearance when searching in the URL bar.
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- Custom search engines that were added manually can be edited by clicking on it (in the Search Shortcuts settings) and click **Edit**.
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- To remove a search engine, click the search engine in Search Shortcuts settings and click **Remove**.
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### Enable legacy New Tab mechanism back
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### Enable legacy New Tab mechanism
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The legacy new tab page from Firefox can still be accessed by opening `about:newtab`.
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