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Simple Web Search

Simple Web Search

Tsuda Kageyu

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Instant web search from the code editor.
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This is an extension enables you to directly search the web from the context menu of Code or HTML editors. 

 

The usage is simple and straightforward:

Right-click a word you want to look up. When nothing is selected, it automatically picks up a word.

 

Want to use another search engine?

Don't prefer Google? Feel free to use your favorite search engine.

Select [Tool] - [Options...] from the menu bar, then[Simple Web Search]. 

For example, If you want to use MSDN Library. Change the settings like:

Menu Caption = "Search MSDN Library for '%QUERY%'."

Query URL = "http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/en-US?query=%QUERY%"

 

Looking for the source code?

The source code (a solution for VS2012) is available in GitHub at:

https://github.com/TsudaKageyu/SimpleWebSearch

Any suggestions, improvements and fixes are welcome.

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