Hi guys, have a question about Firefox, you know how when a text is selected you can right click and do a search web on the selected text right? Ok, how do I change the default search engine (Google) for my favorite one (Yahoo).
I think I need to tweak something in the about:config zone but dont know what and how.

Thanx for any replies.

browse to about:config

change browser.search.defaulturl to:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=

don't even need to 'reboot' firefox -- how refreshing
i guess you could also change browser.search.defaultengingname to Yahoo... don't think it's critical, though

You can change this option to search other engines.

To make this change, click on the "G". You can then select one of the listed search engines to change Firefox's default.

If desired, you can select another search engine. Just pick "Add engines". A webpage will appear in Firefox with options to add more engines to the list.

Click "Find lots of other search engines" to browse for even more search engines to add to the list via the "Mycroft" page.

For example, on the "Mycroft" page, if you want to add MSN search support, scroll down to "Browse the categories" and click "General". Then, scroll down and click "MSN". A dialog box will ask you to confirm this decision. Click "OK".

Now, to search the web using MSN, just click the "G" pull-down and choose "MSN". The "G" will turn into a butterfly. Type in a search query and press ENTER, and the MSN search engine will be used to find results to your query.

Hope this helps.

-/Hitesh

what? the g in the top right -- up in the toolbar?

no, that doesn't change the select->right-click->search web for functionality -- that only changes that little box's functionality

edit: and in case you haven't figgured this out yet... double-click something in about:config to pop a dialog box for editing...