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I have already downloaded it as an extension, it is simply not allowing me to set it as default. It shows me the button, but does not work when toggled.

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[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From the help pages:

"Change the default Search Engine You can set any of the search engines listed in Settings > Search Engines as the default Search Engine.

Option 1

Go to Settings > Search > Default Search Engine; Select your preferred Search Engine from the dropdown menu.

Option 2

Go to Settings > Search > Search Engines; Select the Search Engine you want to set as default; Tick the box for Set as Default Search."

Qwant is an option.

[–] BoulderHole@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I did both of those. It works for the ones that come available, but simply won't work with Qwant. I am able to click the options, it just does not switch.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just fiddled around with it and got it to work this way:

Open qwant in a new tab. Right-click in the empty search text field and click "add as search engine." Then go to settings > search > default search engine etc. and make it a default. I don't know if the qwant extension does anything tbh.

I came across a note that qwant isn't available everywhere as a pre-set-up search engine. Who knows why that is so...

[–] BoulderHole@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

Success! Thank you so much!