https://github.com/robbendebiene/type-to-search

Your next web search is just a key away. Just type on your keyboard to open a search bar and search with one of your search engines.
https://github.com/robbendebiene/type-to-search

firefox-addon keyboard websearch

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Your next web search is just a key away. Just type on your keyboard to open a search bar and search with one of your search engines.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/robbendebiene/type-to-search
• Owner: Robbendebiene
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2020-07-23T18:04:43.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-12-12T17:25:07.000Z (about 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-12T05:43:54.491Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: firefox-addon, keyboard, websearch
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 32.2 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Type to Search

#### [](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/type-to-search/) Your next web search is just a key away. Just type on your keyboard to open a search bar and search with one of your search engines.

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**How does it work?**

Whenever your caret is not positioned in any writeable input field, you can immeditly search with the *Type to Search* search bar by pressing any character key. Optionally you can define a trigger key, to only open the search bar when this particular key is pressed.

**Features:**

- Switch between your browser's search engines via up/down arrow keys, mouse wheel or by typing in keywords at the beginning of a search. Keywords can be assigned in the search section of the Firefox settings.

- Automatically appends the selected text (if any) to the current search. You can also press the enter key to open the search bar containing only the current text selection.

**Limitations:**

 - *Type to Search* does not work on Mozilla related pages like [addons.mozilla.org](https://addons.mozilla.org), internal pages like about:addons or other add-on option pages (e.g. moz-extension://*). This is because Firefox restricts add-ons from accessing these pages for security reasons.

 - The page must be partially loaded in order to use *Type to Search*.

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**License:**

This project is licensed under the terms of the [GNU General Public License v3.0](https://github.com/Robbendebiene/Type-to-Search/blob/master/LICENSE).