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When I enter, say, xyz.test in the Chrome address bar, then Chrome initiates a search. How do I make Chrome always treat .test as a top level domain, just like .com and all the others?

I know that I can just put http:// in front, but I tend to forget that, especially when editing an address that has already been entered. By the way, that's another annoyance: I would like to have Chrome always show the http:// in the address bar.

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Part of that question overlaps at least one existing SuperUser question. –  JdeBP Nov 7 '11 at 12:55
No overlap: The user who posted the question enters http://. I don't want to enter http:// at all. –  feklee Nov 7 '11 at 17:20
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Just found out that the iglvzx's proposal, sent in reply to another user's inquiry, offers a partial workaround:

You can implicitly do this by creating a new search engine with a URL of http://%s and keyword of null. Then, set this as the default search engine.

I say partial workaround since now the default search functionality in the address bar is entirely disabled. For the time being, I marked my answer as accepted. But I may change that, if someone offers a better solution!

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