Search the web directly from Gnome Shell.

< Ctrl >+space triggers the dialog. From there, type your search query, click the ENTER key and your default browser will open with your search result.

List of features include:

• Instant result/definition (DuckDuckGo helper) with pictures within the dialog
• Search Suggestions
• History with configurable limit
• Choose your default search engine
• Add multiple seach engines
• Tab key to view & choose from search engine list
• Ctrl+Shift+V to Paste & Search
• Ctrl+Shift+G to Paste & Go (Open URL)
• Ctrl+(1-9) to trigger search suggestion or history item in list
• Add keyword for each search engine
• Add keyword to go to URL directly

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Installation

After the installation, restart GNOME Shell (Alt+F2, r, Enter) and enable the extension through gnome-tweak-tool.

Install older version

Navigate into the extension directory (e.g. ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/web_search_dialog@awamper.gmail.com) and run git co X Replace X with your GNOME Shell version (e.g. 3.20).

Through extensions.gnome.org (Local installation)

Go on the Web Search Dialog extension page on extensions.gnome.org, click on the switch ("OFF" => "ON"), click on the install button.

Generic (Local installation)

Run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/awamper/web-search-dialog.git ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/web_search_dialog@awamper.gmail.com

Generic (Global installation, requires root)

Run the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/awamper/web-search-dialog.git /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/web_search_dialog@awamper.gmail.com/