Can't enter URLs or search in the bar

[fahrradflucht]

Describe the issue you encountered:
I can't enter anything into the URL-/searchbar. If I type something in there, it will appear like it should but when I hit Enter The bar just clears out and nothing happens.

I can however open websites by copying a URL and then using the "Paste & Go" feature in the right-click menu.

Expected behavior:
Function as normal.

• Platform:
  macOS 10.11.6
• Brave Version:
  0.12.0
• Steps to reproduce:
  1. Open Brave
  2. Type something in URL bar
  3. hit enter

[cndouglas]

Likely a duplicate of #3254. Please change your search engine setting and try again.

[fahrradflucht]

Yes that fixed it by why was it possible for me to have no default search engine in the first place and why should that mean that I can't open URLs?

[cndouglas]

@fahrradflucht 1) There was a bug in a previous version (0.11.2) that caused this. 2) As I've mentioned in another issue, the urlbar in Brave apparently works under the assumption that there is a default search engine set. I'm not sure if removing this assumption is easy to fix/worth fixing. I don't know much beyond this (I'm not a Brave developer), so this is just my understanding of the issue.