SiteSearchSettings

Site search settings

Supported on:

  • Chrome (Windows) since version 128

Description:

This policy provides a list of sites that users can quickly search using shortcuts in the address bar. Users can initiate a search by typing the shortcut or @shortcut (e.g. @work), followed by Space or Tab, in the address bar.

The following fields are required for each site: name, shortcut, url.

The name field corresponds to the site or search engine name to be shown to the user in the address bar.

The shortcut can include plain words and characters, but cannot include spaces or start with the @ symbol. Shortcuts must also be unique.

For each entry, the url field specifies the URL of the search engine used during a search with the corresponding keyword. The URL must include the string '{searchTerms}', replaced in the query by the user's search terms. Invalid entries and entries with duplicate shortcuts are ignored.

Site search entries configured as featured are displayed in the address bar when the user types "@". Up to three entries can be selected as featured.

For a site search entry where allow_user_override is true, users have the ability to edit or disable that entry. However, featured engines (beginning with "@") can only be disabled. If a user modifies an entry that was initially created by this policy, it will no longer be managed by policy and will be treated like a user-created shortcut. When allow_user_override is false or unspecified for a site search entry, users cannot edit or disable that entry. The setting to allow user override is only supported on M139 and later; earlier versions will default to disabling user override.

Users cannot create new site search entries with a shortcut previously created via this policy unless allow_user_override is set to true for the site search entry.

In case of a conflict with a shortcut previously created by the user, the user setting takes precedence. However, users can still trigger the option created by the policy by typing "@" in the search bar. For example, if the user already defined "work" as a shortcut to URL1 and the policy defines "work" as a shortcut to URL2, then typing "work" in the search bar will trigger a search to URL1, but typing "@work" in the search bar will trigger a search to URL2.

On Microsoft® Windows®, this policy is only available on instances that are joined to a Microsoft® Active Directory® domain, joined to Microsoft® Azure® Active Directory® or enrolled in Samsung Browser.

Supported features:

  • Applied to browser without restart. Note that some ongoing tasks may not be affected.
  • Applied at Samsung Browser profile level.

Data type:

Dictionary
Windows:REG_SZ

Windows registry location:

Software\Policies\Samsung\Internet\SiteSearchSettings

Schema:

{
  "items": {
    "properties": {
      "allow_user_override": {
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "featured": {
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "name": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "shortcut": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "url": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "shortcut",
      "name",
      "url"
    ],
    "type": "object"
  },
  "type": "array"
}

Example value:

[
  {
    "featured": true,
    "name": "Google Wikipedia",
    "shortcut": "wikipedia",
    "url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Awikipedia.com+%s"
  },
  {
    "name": "YouTube",
    "shortcut": "youtube",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s"
  },
  {
    "name": "Google Drive",
    "shortcut": "drive",
    "url": "https://drive.google.com/?q=%s",
    "allow_user_override": true
  }
]

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