Internet Search Box

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Perform an Internet search, using your favorite engine

README

This is a Cinnamon applet, which adds a Web Search box to your Cinnamon panel.

Left-clicking the item will open a search box where you can enter your criteria.

You can right-click on the applet to select your search engine, or access additional settings to manage search engines and various options.

Installation

Install from the Cinnamon settings -> Applets (Download tab, then Manage tab), or:

1) Unzip, copy the folder "search-box@mtwebster" to "~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/".

2) Enable the applet in Cinnamon settings -> Applets.

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Joekeno-2 weeks ago

Not working tried both methods applet doesn't appear anywhere

claudiux-2 weeks ago

This may be an issue related to the theme you have selected. In the settings for this applet, use the Options tab to select colors that are compatible with your theme; also check the option “Show selected provider in panel.”

ii0-0ii-2 weeks ago

LM22.2 not working

claudiux-2 weeks ago

Yes, it works on fresh install of LM22.2 as on update from LM22.1 to LM22.2. This may be an issue related to the theme you have selected. In the settings for this applet, use the Options tab to select colors that are compatible with your theme; also check the option “Show selected provider in panel.”

Pandawer840-4 months ago

Enviei um comentário antes desse perguntando sobre como personalizar o atalho desse applet, e bom agora voltei aqui para informar que já descobri como. Peço desculpas pelo incomodo, a e este Applet é uma maravilha.

claudiux-4 months ago

Thank you. With v2.3.2 you can now choose the keyboard shortcut to open search box. Default: Ctrl+Alt+F

Pandawer840-4 months ago

Boa tarde, como eu faço para ativar esse applet através do terminal? - Não sei se tem como abrir a barra de busqueda dele pelo terminal, porque se tiver como daí poderei configurar uma tecla do meu teclado para abrir a barra de busqueda dele, sem precisar de mover o mouse até a barra de tarefa e cricar nele. > A e detalhe: Eu estou usando o Linux Mint 22.1

Tuxman2-6 months ago

Hello, could you create a search box applet not only for Web search but like we can see in Windows 10 ? A search box who can help to search software and other things (as Windows 10 search box can do). Thanks a lot.

toolgrinder-1 year ago

I added the search bar to a live session of Mint 22 cinnamon and despite unchecking every provider except DuckDuckGo it kept using Google. It did only list DDG in the list when I r-clicked the applet's icon. No biggy for me but I though you would like to know.

claudiux-1 year ago

v2.3.0 is for you.

toolgrinder-1 year ago

Thanks!

claudiux-1 year ago

I'll see that. Thank you.

claudiux-1 year ago

v2.2.0 is here. * New settings layout. * Fixed a bug that prevented you from modifying the list of search engines. * Removed deprecated versions.

toolgrinder-1 year ago

Thanks for that. I updated and was able to modify providers list as you pointed out. Didn't work before. I also had trouble getting Brave search to work after adding it to the list but got it working with this URL: https://search.brave.com/search?q= Thanks again.

toolgrinder-1 year ago

How do you add Startpage to the search engine menu? I tried adding a provider to ~/.local/share/Cinnamon/applets/search-box@mntwebster/providers.conf and saving it but it did nothing. The entry was like this: Provider,Startpage,https://www.startpage.com/search?q=

toolgrinder-1 year ago

Never mind...lol. I figured it out: When I loaded the applet the 1st thing I did was uncheck all the big search sites (ie. Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask). After posting my question here I went back and edited the ~/.config/cinnamon/spices/search-box@mtwebster .json file and replaced the Ask.com entry info with the startpage info. After that I reset the applet to revert to defaults and when I did that the Startpage entry appeared and worked after selecting it from the panel r-clickl menu. Yay! I know it still doesn't answer my original question but I'm glad I found a work-around.

claudiux-1 year ago

It's simpler than that: right-click on the applet, select Configure... and add a line to the search engine table.

claudiux-1 year ago

From v2.1.0, you can select the background color and the text color of the search-box.

Immolo-1 year ago

Thanks for creating this as you have helped my daughter to finally switch to Linux but she has a thing about a change (bless her) and has asked me to see is there a way you could help her by making the search box colour on the panel customisable so it looks like a white box as in Windows 10. I know it sounds silly but we all have those weird little things in life which makes us comfortable and this is hers.

claudiux-1 year ago

Done in version 2.1.0.

Paulo Candeias-1 year ago

I have just installed this applet on a laptop running Linux Mint 21.3 with Cinnamon 6.0.4. The laptop has a numeric keypad on the right side with an enter key. I found that if, after typing some text in the applet box, it does not recognize this enter key, only the one in closer to the letters. I assume this maybe due to the fact that both enter keys have different scan codes. Is it possible to make the applet accept both enter keys as valid?

claudiux-1 year ago

Done with v2.0.0.

alcane1959-1 year ago

Gostaria de saber se é possível alterar a cor de fundo. I'd like to know if is possible to change the backgound color

claudiux-2 years ago

Great applet that works very well with Cinnamon 21.1! I offer French translation.

CH-arat-5 years ago

Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.3 - the hotkeys work BUT they don't actually pop up the box to show what I am typing. So if I hit the hot keys and start typing blind, then hit enter - google will pop up a result. Would be great to be able to visually see the applet is responding and to be able to see what I am typing. Otherwise - it works - and its the only thing like it I have found so I'll deal with it till its fixed.

jackson-brandao-5 years ago

Poderia ter uma janela que aparece a pesquisa e quando clicar que abria no navegador. Também poderia fazer pesquisas de arquivos no computador(marcando uma caixa de pesquisa no computador.