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Universal Search Suggestion PowerToys Run Plugin

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This is a simple PowerToys Run plugin that adds search suggestions when searching something.

Preview

Preview of the plugin in action

Requirements

  • PowerToys v0.81.1

Installation

  • Download the latest release by selecting the architecture that matches your machine: x64 (more common) or ARM64
  • Close PowerToys (including from the system tray)
  • Extract the archive to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\PowerToys\PowerToys Run\Plugins
  • Open PowerToys

Configuration

  • The default keyword for triggering the plugin is !s but it should be triggered everytime by default.
  • You can change the search engine that you are redirected to.
    • Supported browsers: Google, Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, Naver, Ask, Ecosia, Brave, Qwant, Startpage, Swisscows
  • You can set a custom search engine to be redirected to
  • You can change the search suggestion provider. That's right, not just Google!
    • Supported suggestions providers: Google (rich content and classic), Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Brave (rich content), Qwant, Swisscows

Credits

  • This project can only be completed under the guidance of this article. Thanks to @hlaueriksson for his great work.

  • This project has been greatly simplified and accelerated in its realization by this visual studio template for creating PowerToys plugins. Thanks to @8LWXpg for his great work.

Thanks

Thank you to @Daydreamer-riri and @thatgaypigeon for writing the excellent documentation!

Thanks ChatGPT for helping me out in this project as it was my first C# project

License

MIT License © 2024 Fefe_du_973