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Is there a plugin to Chrome that adds a separate search box?
I'd like to set the address bar as 'feeling lucky' search, and a separate box for google search. What's especially important to me is having two keyboard shortcuts like in Firefox: Ctrl-K to search, Ctrl-L to feel lucky.
ripper234
Posted 2009-07-15T12:28:52.130
Reputation: 9 293
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The address bar is the search bar. Here's a solution I made:
Enter this url for URL:
{google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky
Set as default
This should make your default search provider the I'm Feeling Lucky service. I have several search providers (keywords are excellent in Chrome, entering "php substr" takes me to the php.net site and tells me while I'm typing I'm using the PHP search engine).
Ross
Posted 2009-07-15T12:28:52.130
Reputation: 2 848
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There is a "trick":
You can add a custom search engine, you have to use the "Feeling lucky" as another engine:
Follow the directions described here:
Use:
**Name:**Feeling lucky
**Keyword:**fl
URL:http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnI=I'm+Feeling+Lucky
and then you can type:
FL + tabYour termENTER
And it will take you there.
OscarRyz
Posted 2009-07-15T12:28:52.130
Reputation: 3 691
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You can use the search in the "new tab". I don't think plugins are supported yet...
kkaploon
Posted 2009-07-15T12:28:52.130
Reputation: 123
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One solution is a bookmarklet:
javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("You didn't select any text. Enter a search phrase:", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://www.google.com/search?btnI=&q=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0
Create a new favourite and replace the url with the code above. Click on the bookmark to search.
Chris S
Posted 2009-07-15T12:28:52.130
Reputation: 853
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There is no official or unofficial plugin for "new search box" released yet. A quick google search suggest the same :)
Prashant
Posted 2009-07-15T12:28:52.130
Reputation: 1 005
No, there is a solution to achieve Feeling Lucky from the address bar. My problem is that I want two separate boxes - one for lucky and another for search. – ripper234 – 2009-07-15T15:23:39.483
If Google Chrome can't do that, maybe Autohotkey (which is Windows only) can help you. Anyway I prefer to use just Google Browse By Name – RamyenHead – 2010-03-24T07:12:23.990
Should be renamed to: Feeling Lucky in Chrome – OscarRyz – 2009-07-15T12:46:58.020
May I ask why? Given that search results appear as you type, I can't find fault with the current single box setup. YMMV, of course. – fourstar – 2009-07-19T22:12:20.133
It's just more convenient to me this way, I'm used to ctrl-k for search, ctrl-l for lucky. – ripper234 – 2009-07-20T00:48:20.020