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# Tilde Enhanced



Based on [Cade Scroggins](https://github.com/cadejscroggins)'s [Tilde](https://github.com/cadejscroggins/tilde).



## Screenshots 



![Screenshot](assets/screenshot.png)



## Added Features

Most of the features are carried over from the original source.

Few of the added features are:



- A launch category functionality, which launches every site in a category. Enter a category index number followed by `!`, i.e. `2!` would launch everything under the second category. 

- A "Quick Launch" functionality, which launches every site with `quickLaunch` property set to `true` upon entering `q!`.

- An invertible color theme. Either edit config or use `invert!` command.

- Show image or SVG as bookmark icon

- An option to show launch keys instead of icons. Either edit config or type `keys!`.



## Usage



To use Tilde as your homepage, simply set your browser's home URL to

Tilde's index file.

To go to a site, enter the first letter of the site then hit enter.

To view the available sites, press `?` or click on the clock.

If your input doesn't match any of the commands,

a generic DuckDuckGo search will be triggered. For example:



- Entering `r` would redirect you to [www.reddit.com](https://www.reddit.com).

- Entering `t` would redirect you to [twitch.tv](https://www.twitch.tv).

- Entering `cats` would search [Cats](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cats).



Note that by default, queries are searched on DuckDuckGo but this can be

configured easily by updating two lines on. Check [Configuration](#configuration) for details.



You might have to allow pop-ups for your homepage to use quick launch feature.



This version is not suitable for use on mobile as clicking on the clock will

only bring up pre-defined sites.



### Searching



You can search any of the sites by typing a colon after the site's key, followed

by your search query. For example:



- Entering `g:tilde-enhanced` would search

  [GitHub for tilde-enhanced](https://github.com/search?q=tilde-enhanced).

- Entering `y:cats` would search

  [Cats on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cats).



### Specific Locations



You can go to a specific location on a site by typing a forward slash after the

site's key, followed by the location on the site you'd like to be redirected to.

For example:



- Entering `r/r/startpages` would redirect you to

  [www.reddit.com/r/startpages](https://www.reddit.com/r/startpages)

- Entering `h/popular` would redirect you to

  [hypem.com/popular](http://hypem.com/popular).



### URL Redirects



If you enter in a full domain or URL, you will be redirected to said domain or

URL. For example:



- Entering `stallman.org` would redirect you to

  [stallman.org](https://stallman.org/).

- Entering `keep.google.com` would redirect you to

  [keep.google.com](https://keep.google.com/).



You can also use `Ctrl + Enter` key combination to launch the query with a `.com` TLD.



### Query Paramater



Additionally, you can pass any query via the `q` query param. For example:



- Going to `file:///path/to/tilde/index.html?q=cats` would search

  [Cats](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cats).



This allows you to invoke Tilde with your native browser search bar.



## Configuration



Open up the [config.js](js/config.js) file and read through the `CONFIG`!



## Setting it up for new tabs on Firefox



By default Firefox won't let you set a custom URL for new tabs but there is a work-around to circumvent the problem.



You can follow [Urimu's Guide](https://github.com/Urimu/Startpage#setting-it-up-on-firefox) to set your new tab to launch custom URLs.



## License



Feel free to [use this and modify it however you like](https://github.com/Ozencb/tilde-enhanced/blob/master/LICENSE).