# 🔎 Adding a Customised Search Engine

*In this case, I'm gonna add the [docker](https://hub.docker.com/) search engine in Opera for MacOS.*

<p class="callout success">CHEATSHEET</p>

1. Open **Opera**
2. Type `opera://settings/searchEngines` in the address bar
3. In the **Site search** menu, click on **Add**
4. Fill the fields like this:
    1. **Name**: Docker Hub
    2. **Shortcut**: `docker`
    3. **URL with %s in place of query**: `https://hub.docker.com/search?q=%s`
    4. Don't check the **Use POST** checkbox
    5. **DONE**

<p class="callout info">DETAILS</p>

## Open Opera and Go to the Settings

1. **Open Opera**.

2. In the **address bar**, type [opera://settings/searchEngines](opera://settings/searchEngines) and press **Enter**:

[![Opera_settings.png](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/2lOYUZMVrES11v42-opera-settings.png)](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/2lOYUZMVrES11v42-opera-settings.png)

3. Scroll to **"Site search"** section and click on **"Add"**:

[![Opera_search.png](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/a6gFrKi4DRH5nBi7-opera-search.png)](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/a6gFrKi4DRH5nBi7-opera-search.png)

4. Fill in the fields like this:

   * **Name**: Whenever you want to call it, here: *Docker Hub*
   * **Shortcut**: *docker* or anything short you'd like
   * **URL with %s in place of query**: `https://hub.docker.com/search?q=%s`

[![Opera_fields.png](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/md3glBcLKW57SWsD-opera-fields.png)](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/md3glBcLKW57SWsD-opera-fields.png)

5. Click **Add**.

[![Opera_add.png](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/bGxxxKVh5bQ8y7bo-opera-add.png)](https://wiki.boreux.work/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/bGxxxKVh5bQ8y7bo-opera-add.png)

# ✅ How to Use It:

Now, in your address bar, just type: `docker <THE_NAME_OF_A_DOCKER_IMAGE>`

…and you'll be taken to the Docker Hub search results for `<THE_NAME_OF_A_DOCKER_IMAGE>`.