SearchBar
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- Extension status: Featured
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
- Jeremy Storly
- This is better than just using the address bar to search, but I wish there was an option to not have it auto-populate when I select text. A "light" version of this extension that permanently adds a search box to the address bar without all the extra features would be nice.
- Arkan Salih
- This is an amazing tool that helps with fast searching
- CJ K
- This app is super useful, easy to set up, and really efficient. One thing, though - the picture on the main page isn't that attractive. The search bar looks kinda old, so I initially thought the app was outdated haha.
- Yassin Elabdellaoui
- You can add the feature to open searches tabs right after current tab, It would be extremely helpful. Thank you!
- Anonymous
- Using this tool for more than 10 years now, in 2024. Hope for another 10.
- Anonymous
- Using this tool for more than 10 years now, in 2024. Hope for another 10.
- Marty Cochran
- The SearchBar ext is the only reason I use Brave instead of Firefox. In late 2023 SearchBar buttons could become unresponsive requiring a page refresh on all Chrome versions. In Sept 2024 the Brave Browser fixed this problem. If you have this problem try Brave.
- Chris McGimpsey-Jones
- Works perfect for me. I even donated, I was so impressed.
- Kevin E
- Hopefully the developer updates this. I haven't seen another search bar like this so I'm open to suggestions.
- Nikolaos Aristeidis Paschos
- Very useful and well written extension. Would be possible to add custom field option in "Search suggestions" beneath the google one?
- Pietro Accorsi
- It worked great for months, but now shortcuts stopped working on some websites? Any advice?
- Fairly Vinyl (Fi)
- Extremely helpful extension that lets me quickly use another search engine if the one I am using is giving me results I don't like and has the added benefit of automatically copying and pasted selected text into its search bar (something many alternatives don't have), but as of this week (or possibly last week), this extension is causing STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION errors in Microsoft Edge. I hope it gets updated at some point in the future.
- mitch Bronston
- I love this extension. Very easy to set up and use. One critical point: It times out on your webpage if you stay too long and becomes unusable unless you refresh the page. Is there a cure for that?
- Jack Axelrod
- Hi, thank you for creating this extension. I'm using shortcut keys to open selected texts in specific sites. It would be great if it could also search the copied text that I already have in my clipboard. Could you please add an option to do that?
- Дмитрий
- Приложение однозначно лучшее из подобных!!! 5 Балов!
- 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!
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
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- Murphy Ma
- 太棒了，能支持一下edge浏览器吗
- Andres Guardado
- I can find myself using this a lot this an amazing extension!!!! :)
- Andres Guardado
- I can find myself using this a lot this an amazing extension!!!! :)
- divyansh
- It works really well, and customizations are nice. Just one feature request- Allow us to change font style.
- divyansh
- It works really well, and customizations are nice. Just one feature request- Allow us to change font style.
- 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
- 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!
- 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!
- Zdenko
- Very useful.
- Zdenko
- Very useful.
- 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
- 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
- Pawel Jan
- Super, but... Only missing: Open one new card in the foreground
- Pawel Jan
- Super, but... Only missing: Open one new card in the foreground
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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 :-)
- 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 :-)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 !
- 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!
- 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!
- 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
- 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!
- 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!
- The Kingdom
- Начала всплывать реклама Aliexpress Asistant (в правом верхнем углу). Это не законно!
- Nils Hart
- I have used this for years! I am so glad it's still being developed! Thank you!