🧪 Research Wheel v2.0.0: The Research Edition Pivot
This major update transforms QuickWheel into Research Wheel a middle-click radial gesture menu and side panel built specifically for web research, citations, and rapid note-taking.
⚡ What’s New
8-Slice Research Radial Wheel
Replaced generic tab actions with 8 instant research shortcuts:
- 🎓 Scholar Search: Launches a Google Scholar search using highlighted text (or page title if none).
- 🧬 PubMed: Launches a PubMed search using highlighted text or title.
- 📝 Append Note: Clips selected text directly to your Workspace side panel as a note.
- 📜 Citation: Formats, saves, and copies a citation (APA, MLA, Chicago, or BibTeX) to clipboard.
- 📂 Workspace: Triggers the background service worker to open the Chrome Side Panel.
- 🌐 Translate: Translates leading text containers on the page in-place.
- 🔗 Title + URL: Copies a clean markdown hyperlink
[Page Title](URL)to your clipboard. - 📋 Quote + Source: Copies and saves selected text as a blockquote with markdown source attribution.
Research Workspace (Side Panel)
Automatically captures your appended quotes, bookmarks, and notes in a persistent sidebar panel.
Markdown Export
Export your collected research notes directly to .md files for Obsidian, Notion, or local storage with a single click.
📦 Installation (Developer / Unpacked Mode)
- Download
ResearchWheel.zipfrom the assets below. - Extract the ZIP file to a local folder on your machine.
- Open Chrome or Brave and navigate to
chrome://extensions/. - Enable Developer mode (toggle switch in the top right).
- Click Load unpacked and select your extracted folder.
🔒 Privacy First
Research Wheel operates 100% locally on your device. Zero data collection, zero external analytics, and zero tracking.
💬 Feedback & Feature Requests
Have an idea for a research action or citation format?
👉 Open an Issue on GitHub