I have tried various workarounds but they are all unsatisfactory:
- I know that I could add "site:www.example.com" to the search query. I don't want to have to type that all the time, because often I want to do the same search on a dozen different sites I have open in different tabs.
- I also know that I can create a bookmark scriptlet that will allow me to do site searches from the location bar. I don't want to do that either, because then (1) I always need to remember whether to type my searches in the location bar or the search bar, and will end up getting confused; (2) I would need to retype my search query for every site I have open (whereas the most recent search query persists in the search bar); and (3) bookmark scriptlets are buggy and don't allow you to do Google site searches containing certain characters.
- I also know that there is a GoogleBar add-on that allows site searches, but this is unmaintained and starting to break for me.