Editing Help:Searching (section)

== Search settings ==
{{anchor|User preferences}}
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There is a {{myprefs|Search}} tab. (You must be logged in.)

The ''default search domain'' is article space, but any user can change this default, and have their own ''default search domain'' for all the queries they run. In any case a query always can specify a namespace to make the search domain explicit and override any default. At the search results page, [[Special:Search]], ''Advanced'' dialog, a search can specify any number of namespaces, and [[Wikipedia:Why create an account|logged-in users]] can set their ''default search domain'' there by clicking "Remember selection for future searches".{{efn|1=Because the default search domain is a settable preference, any query you intend to share, publish, or save in a search link might need the search domain explicitly given in the search link in order to ensure consistent search results among all users, at any time. {{tlx|Search link}} defaults to article space but can specify multiple namespaces in its query.}}

Visit your {{myprefs|Gadgets}} page (requires JavaScript) to set up:
* several external search engines' views of Wikipedia. The search results page will then have a pull down list to the left of its search box, offering your choice as, say, a modification of a word or phrase search, or a page ranking refinement. Go to {{myprefs|Gadgets}} ''Appearance'', and see "Add a selector to the Wikipedia search page allowing the use of external search engines."
* a wider search box. Go to ''Appearance'' and find "Widen the search box in the Vector skin."
* {{myprefs|Search|Completion}}. Spell-correct titles dropped-down from the search box as you type, or not. Or go to {{myprefs|Appearance}} and see "Disable the suggestions dropdown-lists of the search fields".

The search results page can open in a new tab. See {{myprefs|Gadgets}} ''Browsing''
There are also custom user-scripts to make all search results always open in a new tab. (See the scripts available in ''[[#See also|See also]]''.)<!--
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To hide/opt-out the search results snippets from sister projects, go to {{myprefs|Gadgets|Appearance}} and see "Do not show search results for sister projects on the search results page".