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Using "site" query parameter results in "Unable to open this type of link"

See original GitHub issue

App version

5.9.1 (50901) (via F-Droid)

Device make and model

OnePlus 5

Android version

8.1.0

Steps to reproduce the bug

Into the address bar type foo site:duckduckgo.com (or any query + any site)
Press enter (try to load page)

Expected behavior

A DuckDuckGo search opens with the query

Actual behavior

A toast pops up briefly with the phrase “Unable to open this type of link”

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Reactions:3
Comments:15 (8 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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cmonfortepcommented, Apr 9, 2021

Hello @GuiltyDolphin and the rest of followers here. After internal discussion with the team, we’ve agreed that there’s no plan in the foreseeable future to do changes in how our address bar handles concrete keyboards or patterns as we do on our SERP page. Should this change in the future, we’ll update this conversation appropriately.

For now, closing this issue as the main complaint was fixed some time ago.

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subsymboliccommented, Jun 12, 2019

Thanks for all the activity here. I have accepted one PR that goes most of the way towards fixing this, however there are still a number of edge cases. While foo site:duckduckgo.com now works site:duckduckgo.com foo and site:duckduckgo.com do not.

It is quite tricky to fix this without breaking other links so this will require some wider refactoring. We have logged the problem internally and will clean it up soon. Thanks again for bringing it to our attention.

Internal link: https://app.asana.com/0/361428290920652/1126831098940688