Search / URL bar not working

[lukemroz]

Did you search for similar issues before submitting this one?
Yes

Describe the issue you encountered:
Search bar does not work at all. I enter a search term or URL, press enter, and nothing happens. After pressing enter, the search bar is cleared. I am able to open a tab to the internet, and can follow hyperlinks after selecting 'submit feedback' from the drop down menu (since it automatically opens a tab of a URL).

Expected behavior:
I expect to be able to type a URL into the search bar, press enter, and have a browser tab load the webpage served from that URL.

• Platform (Win7, 8, 10? macOS? Linux distro?):
  OS Name Microsoft Windows 8 Pro
  Version 6.2.9200 Build 9200
  Other OS Description Not Available
  OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
  System Name LUKE-PC
  System Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  System Model U43F
  System Type x64-based PC
  System SKU 0
  Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 480 @ 2.67GHz, 2667 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
  BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 216, 11/12/2010
  SMBIOS Version 2.6
  Embedded Controller Version 255.255
  BIOS Mode Legacy
  BaseBoard Manufacturer PEGATRON CORPORATION
  BaseBoard Model Not Available
  BaseBoard Name Base Board
  Platform Role Mobile
  Secure Boot State Unsupported
  PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
  Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
  System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
  Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
  Locale United States
  Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.2.9200.16442"
  User Name Luke-PC\Luke
  Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
  Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB
  Total Physical Memory 5.80 GB
  Available Physical Memory 2.85 GB
  Total Virtual Memory 11.8 GB
  Available Virtual Memory 8.43 GB
  Page File Space 6.00 GB
  Page File C:\pagefile.sys
  Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
  Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
  Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
  Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes
• Brave Version: 0.12.1 (latest version available for download)
• Steps to reproduce:
  1. Download latest version of Brave
  2. Enter a URL into the search bar (it doesn't work)
• Screenshot if needed:
• Any related issues:

[cndouglas]

Have you ever installed a previous version of Brave? This could be related to #3254.

[lukemroz]

Hello,

Following the instructions from that link worked. I did not have a default
search engine enabled. By selecting a search engine, the searchbar started
working for both searches and for full URL addresses.

I did have a previous version of Brave that had the same problem (months
ago). I uninstalled it, installed the latest version today, and was having
the searchbar problem, so I filed the bug. By manually selecting a default
search engine, the error was fixed.

Problem solved, thank you!

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Liunkae notifications@github.com wrote:

Have you ever installed a previous version of Brave? This could be related
to #3254 #3254.

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[cndouglas]

Glad to know the problem is solved!

[lukemroz]

A question worth pursuing:

If there is no default search engine selected, why doesn't brave recognize
a fully formed URL in the search bar and open a corresponding tab?

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Glad to know the problem is solved!

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[cndouglas]

The urlbar in Brave apparently works under the assumption that there is a default search engine set. If there is no search engine set, Brave is supposed to set it to Google (I think). However, there was a bug in a previous version that prevented this from happening.

I'm not sure if removing this assumption is easy to fix/worth fixing.

This is from what I understand (but I'm not a Brave developer). However, I think you bring up an interesting point.

[drozzy]

This is still happening to me occasionally. OSX.

[drozzy]

Pressing Enter doesn't do anything a lot of the time.

[UnarmedBlack]

Same problem as drozzy. Entering a url or text into the search field does nothing. Hitting enter and the search button also.