https://github.com/shresht7/powertoysrun-searchengines
A PowerToys Run Plugin that allows you to perform a search using search-engines 🔍
https://github.com/shresht7/powertoysrun-searchengines
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A PowerToys Run Plugin that allows you to perform a search using search-engines 🔍
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/shresht7/powertoysrun-searchengines
- Owner: Shresht7
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-04-05T07:12:00.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-16T05:30:18.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-29T05:22:59.249Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: powertoys-run-plugin, search
- Language: C#
- Homepage:
- Size: 315 KB
- Stars: 8
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# `SearchEngines`
A PowerToys Run Plugin that allows you to perform a search using search-engines.
## 📖 Usage
> ?! GitHub PowerToys
1. Open PowerToys Run (Alt + Space)
2. Use the `ActionKeyword` (`?!`) followed by the keyword and the search query (e.g. `?! yt PowerToys`)
3. Select the desired search-engine from the list of suggestions. (The keyword allows you to filter the search-engines)
4. Press Enter to open the search results using the default browser
### 📃 Examples
- `?! google Search Query`
- `?! bing Search Query`
- `?! mdn Search Query`
- `?! wolfram Search Query`
- `?! yt Search Query`
- `?! gh Search Query`
## 📦 Installation
1. Close PowerToys
2. Download the latest release from the [releases page][releases]
3. Extract the zip archive
4. Move the extracted folder (`SearchEngines`) to the PowerToys Run Plugins directory (`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins`)
5. Start PowerToys
## 🛠️ Configuration
The plugin can be configured by editing the `SearchEngines.json` file located in the plugin's settings directory (`%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Settings\Plugins\Community.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.SearchEngines\`).
```json
[
{
"name": "Google",
"url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=%s",
"shortcut": "google"
},
{
"name": "Bing",
"url": "https://www.bing.com/search?q=%s",
"shortcut": "bing"
},
{
"name": "Mozilla Developer Network",
"url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=%s",
"shortcut": "mdn",
},
{
"name": "Wolfram Alpha",
"url": "https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%s",
"shortcut": "wolfram",
}
]
```
> [!TIP]
>
> `url` doesn't always have to be a search-engine. It can be any URL. The `%s` will be replaced with the search query. For example:
>
> ```json
> {
> "name": "Learn X in Y Minutes",
> "url": "https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/%s",
> "shortcut": "lxym"
> }
> ```
---
## 📄 License
This project is licensed under the [MIT License](./LICENSE).
[releases]: https://github.com/Shresht7/PowerToysRun-SearchEngines/releases