Web Search Bars 🌐🔍

Requirements

Windows 7+

AutoHotkey v2

Table of contents

1. Usage
2. Examples
3. Configuration
4. Attributions

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1. Usage

Hotkeys

Right Control + O => Open URL

Right Control + [Web key] => Open a search bar

Tab / Shift + Tab => Change browser

Right Alt / Alt Gr => Toggle private search

Left Alt => Toggle multiline search

Enter => Submit search

Control + Enter => Submit multiline search

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2. Examples

Tip ✨

Leave the input blank to open the home page instead of performing a search

Open URL: Right Control + O

Search images in private / incognito: Right Control + I, then, Right Alt / Alt Gr

Translation of multiline text: Right Control + T, then, Left Alt, then Ctrl + Enter

📌 Check the 'Main.ahk' script to see all the predefined hotkeys

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3. Configuration

Browsers.ahk

Set the translation target language

; 'en' | 'es' | 'de' | 'ja' ...
TranslationTargetLang := "en"

Add browsers

; ("Name", ".exe")
Waterfox := BrowserClass("Waterfox", "waterfox")
LibreWolf := BrowserClass("LibreWolf", "C:\Program Files\LibreWolf\librewolf.exe")

Set the default web browser

; Edge | Firefox | LibreWolf | Chrome | Vivaldi ...
DefaultBrowser := Edge

Websites.ahk

Add a new Website object

Arguments:

1. Title: Must match the icon name, without extension. Case insensitive.
2. HomeURL: It will be open when the text box is blank.
3. SearchURL: The value of 'Website.TermTemplate' will be replaced with the search term.

ExampleWeb := Website(
    "ExampleWeb",
    "https://example.com",
    "https://example.com/search_query=" Website.TermTemplate "&order=ASC"
)

Main.ahk

Add the search hotkey

; Right Control + X => Search in ExampleWeb
>^X Up:: ShowSearchBar(ExampleWeb)

Add a direct link hotkey

; Right Control + A => Open Azure in a private Firefox window
>^A Up:: OpenURL('https://azure.microsoft.com', Firefox, True)

Reload and test the script

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4. Attributions

Icons:

Mozilla iconos created by Freepik - Flaticon

Image icons created by Good Ware - Flaticon

Youtube icons created by riajulislam - Flaticon

External link icons created by Bharat Icons - Flaticon

Search icons created by Chanut - Flaticon

Translator icons created by Freepik - Flaticon

Google icons created by Freepik - Flaticon

Crome icons created by Pixel perfect - Flaticon

Docker icons created by Freepik - Flaticon