The most efficient way to use your favourite search engines. Search selected text, use customizable hotkeys and much more.
To get started with SearchBar, wait for it to finish installing, go to a web page such as www.google.com and press F4. If nothing happens, you may need to refresh the page.
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SearchBar brings the best features of Google Toolbar to Chrome, and much more besides:
● one-click search customization
● search selected text
● new tab search
● customizable hotkeys
● search suggestions
● search history
● highlight search terms
● find search terms in page
● search current site
● pre-populate with search terms
● resize, reorder and reposition
● completely customizable
● all in one convenient toolbar
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Please click "Support" to submit bug reports, questions and feature suggestions.
Please do not leave bug reports in your review.
If you have found the extension valuable, then please consider sponsoring me here: http://www.againstmalaria.com/SearchBar
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HOW DO I USE THE ONE-CLICK SEARCH CUSTOMIZATION?
Right-click on any search engine's input field and select "Add to SearchBar...".
HOW DO I SEARCH SELECTED TEXT?
Selected text is automatically detected, eliminating the need for copy/pasting.
HOW DO I DO A NEW TAB SEARCH?
Hold the Ctrl key while pressing a button or hotkey.
HOW DO I GET THE HOTKEY FOR SHOWING SEARCHBAR TO WORK ON THE NEW TAB PAGE?
Set another hotkey by selecting "Keyboard shortcuts" from the menu of Chrome's Extensions page.
WHY DOES THE EXTENSION NEED TO "ACCESS MY DATA ON ALL WEBSITES"?
Chrome requires this permission to be asked for in order for the extension to be inserted onto every page. However, the extension does not change or use any of your data outside of its declared features. For more information, please see the privacy policy (link below "Additional Information").
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO CREATE SUCH AN AMAZING EXTENSION?
This extension was borne out of personal frustration with Chrome's default search system and dissatisfaction with the features of similar extensions. I hope it improves your browsing experience as much as it has mine.
This extension incorporates images from the Tango! Desktop Project. The developer may be compensated by You.com for referrals from SearchBar.
Latest reviews
- (2024-11-07) Using this tool for more than 10 years now, in 2024. Hope for another 10.
- (2023-12-13) Дмитрий: Приложение однозначно лучшее из подобных!!! 5 Балов!
- (2023-12-03) Mayito: No better search bar that the one you adjust to your need. Got 27 custom search buttons from Google to Duck, Amazon to Aliexpress, AlternativeTo to Softpedia...and increasing. Just amazing!
- (2023-09-23) Steve Zimmerman: Great extension! One of the very best for Chrome and Edge. But the button for the Chrome Web Store suddenly stopped working. Why? A shortcut attached to that button still works, though.
- (2023-06-06) edutev tecnologia: best tools before IA
- (2023-05-05) Murphy Ma: 太棒了,能支持一下edge浏览器吗
- (2023-03-08) Andres Guardado: I can find myself using this a lot this an amazing extension!!!! :)
- (2023-01-10) div: It works really well, and customizations are nice. Just one feature request- Allow us to change font style.
- (2022-12-01) Jeff White: Great extension, but oversells how customizable it is. Would like to be able to scale iframe or atleast decrease button size & input size
- (2022-11-17) Beto Teixeira: This is certainly the most incredible and useful idea for an addon I´ve ever found! Congratulations on your expertise and thank you so much for this!
- (2022-09-13) Zdenko: Very useful.
- (2022-08-30) Abid Sayyed: Thank you so much for making this extension. I never write a review but for this extension, I have to. It has so much functionality and yet all are useful in an amazing way.Thank you
- (2022-07-28) Pawel Jan: Super, but... Only missing: Open one new card in the foreground
- (2022-06-24) Sharon LuVisi: I use this extension several times a day. I'm not kidding when I say that I won't switch to Safari as my primary browser specifically because this extension isn't available on Safari. I created eleven custom searches of my most-used websites to the SearchBar. All I have to do is highlight the search word on the web page I'm reading and the selected text is automatically input into the SearchBar. From there, clicking on one of the eleven custom search icons in the search bar takes me directly to the custom search word web page I need. It's perfect.
- (2022-05-03) Moses Lawrence: Great extension..very useful for die hard web surfers such as myself. Will donate as well as we all should. Author seems like a good guy with a kind heart. Regards, Moses Lawrence
- (2022-04-03) Poul Thomsen: A LIFESAVER! I have used SearchWP 3.0 in Firefox for many years and later in what has become Waterfox Classic. Waterfox Classic is sadly not usable anymore. This plugin does the same, even though it is not as nice as SearchWP. I am sure this is because of Chrome restrictions. Thank you for the plugin and keep up the good work :-)
- (2021-10-05) PeaceBy Jesus: Does not show search bar in Vivaldi 4.2.2406.48, and I want it to remain open in all tabs. Thanks for trying.
- (2021-09-17) LUNE WON: Juste parfaite! tout ce qu'il faut de paramètre, évidement sauvegardable, synchronisable avec le compte chrome...on aimerait un portage sur Firefox s'il vous plait ! (certaine de mes machines ne supporte pas chrome...) Bravo pour cette extension !
- (2021-08-10) Carlos Azuaje: This has completely changed the way I work and saved me SO MUCH time. I've been using it for years and I love it, love it, love it! Thank you very much, Jacob :) Well done!
- (2021-06-23) J Li: 好用 实用 之前使用的是google定制范围内搜索 不是很好用。感谢作者
- (2021-06-20) Phillip Ford: I've been using the extension Selection Search for years (highlight, right click, context menu has various search options) but this has won me over - it's faster to use, even easier to add custom searches to, and has all sorts of features you can tweak too. The only thing I would add is the option to have the search tab be next to the currently open one - selecting the new tab to be the foreground tab is almost as good, but what I'm asking for would be even handier. Great work!
- (2021-04-01) The Kingdom: Начала всплывать реклама Aliexpress Asistant (в правом верхнем углу). Это не законно!
- (2020-12-23) Nils Hart: I have used this for years! I am so glad it's still being developed! Thank you!
- (2020-12-15) Gary Will: Have been using it for years but never left a review. Of all my extensions, there are only three where I would find browsing unbearable without them, and this is one of them. I use it so much that my only problem is narrowing down the number of custom searches so that it doesn't take up more than one row on my screen.
- (2020-11-26) Roman Hejl: Super, thanks.
- (2020-11-12) Sonke W: Can recommend especially in conjunction with Vimium. Quality is on par with it as well, so it feels like they should be part of the same suite anyway.
- (2020-11-02) A I: Many thanks to this great add-on! It allows me to switch smoothly from Firefox to Chrome while keeping my searching habits.
- (2020-10-18) Inservio Letum: Love the concept, but would it be possible to add a setting to lock the searchbar in the navigation bar next to the omnibox, like in Firefox?
- (2020-10-10) mindeajeff Scott: Excellent!
- (2020-09-29) Meni Hillel: Awesome tool. One of a kind. Don't see anything that has all the functionality. There is only few things I'd love to see being added to make it PERFECT: 1) Total hit count of searched words (next to each) 2) Next/Prev buttons with a number showing which occurrence 3) Page bar previewing hit locations. It comes as no surprises, that these are the capabilities native search has... but wouldn't it be nice to have all these in one? Native search does not have individual phrase search and coloring, which this extension has.
- (2020-09-11) chuanzhi wang: 可个性定制,好用
- (2020-08-25) Yazeed Saber: Exactly what I was looking for. Perfection.
- (2020-08-23) Alan Mo: Very nice extension! Just one feature request: whitelist, such that the extension only runs on certain sites. A blacklist does exist though which is nice!
- (2020-07-17) Lubo Lanator: Great extension with a multitude of settings.
- (2020-03-23) JOSEPH Huan Vu: love it
- (2020-03-11) com: good!
- (2020-02-29) Laura Joe: the best extension i used so far among many, this needs to be popular
- (2020-02-24) Alise Belcher: Remember when internet users would cringe at the sight of extraneous menu bars in a browser? Well, this is one you actually want. Infinitely customizable (I even made my own icons) and endlessly usable, SearchBar has personalized my internet experience which I haven't experienced since the days of AOL. Yes, I said it. The AOL interface seemed (albeit clunky) seemed individualized. Anyways, you should support this because he donates the money to a malaria foundation.
- (2020-01-18) Sunsetman Tulio: Nagyon szeretem.
- (2020-01-10) Snow Rabbit Express: 一部サイトで、検索結果が文字化けを起こします。 Androidのアプリで、これと同じようなアプリを使ってるけど、 そのアプリだと、同じSearch urlでも文字化けを起こさないです。
- (2019-12-25) Kym Campbell: Amazing. the advanced custom searches that allow you to replace "%s" in desired URLs with your search query is SOO AMAZING for being able to automatically go to specific webpages Before i got my macbook i used AutoHotKeys (AHK) to do essentially the same thing, but then found out that there was no AHK for mac and no programs that were even similar. But then I discovered your chrome extension and made my day!!! saves soooo much time. TYYYY
- (2019-12-15) Jubayer Riyad: It's really save my time. Thank You very much.
- (2019-12-12) banality: Really really good!
- (2019-11-29) Saeed Daneshi: useful
- (2019-11-26) Ali Hemmati: The extension is great and so applicable. Thanks the author.
- (2019-11-13) Wind Dancer: Jacob, From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your hard work to make this extension. I understand what it takes to get something 'just right'. This extension is simply fantastic. Every-time I try and say more, it comes back to "thank you" and "fantastic". It is so highly customizable that it is a journey every time I use it, As a language learner, it is indispensable. For continued understanding of my primary language, it goes beyond definitions. The 'journey' is because I can start with a word, grow it to an idea and wind up in Wikipedia learning a lot of related information and more, all with a couple of clicks. The speech to text is heaven. So again, Jacob, 'thank you' for 'fantastic'! And thank you for your choice to donate and support 'Against Malaria'.
- (2019-11-07) Edison Soares de Lima: Today is the best extension for keyword search and highlighting. Congratulations! Your Firefox extension, pleeeeeeeeease !!!!!
- (2019-11-06) Bebe Robinson: This extension is amazing. It saves so much time. I have it at the top right side, always open if possible and I can search anything in seconds. I set it to open in background tabs so I can do many searches at the same time. I use it on Chrome and Brave browsers and it always works! What a gem. Thank you!
- (2019-10-26) Yancy Zhao: I appreciate it~~~
- (2019-10-21) Jennifer F: I love this extension, it works great. I have one suggestion though. To make it optional as to whether to use only one or multiple search engines on the bar at the same time. For instance let's say I have both Google search and Yahoo search on my SearchBar, then I think I should be able to click both Google and Yahoo search and put in my search say it's "where to go square dancing" then both results from both of those engines would both come up at the same time and I think I should be able to choose as many or as little search engines to use simultaneously as I want to. Or I can choose just one search engine if I want. All I suggest is to make that optional.