This is a simple PowerToys CmdPal plugin for quickly selecting a specific search engine to perform searches via keyword prefixes.
If you are looking for the Powertoys Run plugin, please check: WebSearchShortcut run plugin
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winget install Riri.WebSearchShortcut
You can download the MSIX files from the Releases page on GitHub. Choose the appropriate file for your architecture (x64(more common) or ARM) and install it manually.
- Access the command shown in the image:
- Complete the form's content and save it.
The URL template for performing the search. Use %s as a placeholder for the search query. If the URL does not contain %s, the URL will be opened directly when you press enter.
{
"Google": {
"Url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
}
}More example: https://github.com/Daydreamer-riri/PowerToys-Run-WebSearchShortcut/blob/main/README-Run.md#example
With ReplaceWhitespace, you can specify which character(s) to replace a space with when performing a search. This is useful for some websites, such as Wikipedia, which don't use plus signs ("+") to separate words in the URL.
| Value | Result |
|---|---|
" " or "" |
Example+search |
"-" |
Example-search |
"_" |
Example_search |
"+" |
Example%2Bsearch |
Note: As the string is converted to a URL, any spaces in the string (or
ReplaceWhitespace) will be replaced with plus signs. Any other characters that are not allowed in a URL will be encoded with percent-encoding.
Used to set the search suggestion provider.
The currently supported search suggestion providers are:
GoogleBingnpmCanIUse
Planned:
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DuckDuckGo -
Yandex -
Baidu -
Youtube -
Wiki
PRs welcome!
You can also set a Provider to another search engine. For example:
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This project can only be completed under the guidance of this article. Thanks to @hlaueriksson for his great work.
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The search suggestion feature of this project is based on the relevant implementation of FlowLauncher, thanks @Flow-Launcher!
Thank you to @thatgaypigeon for writing the excellent documentation!
