Internet Search Box

by claudiux

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UUID: search-box@mtwebster

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3 months ago 2025-02-11, 19:01

Last commit: [c1bb3ad6] search-box v2.3.1: Improved code: No Mainloop, no Lang (#6865)

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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23 Comments

Tuxman2-2 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-10 months 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-10 months ago

v2.3.0 is for you.

toolgrinder-10 months ago

Thanks!

claudiux-10 months ago

I'll see that. Thank you.

claudiux-11 months 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-11 months 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-11 months 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-11 months 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-11 months ago

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

claudiux-11 months ago

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

Immolo-11 months 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-11 months 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.