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Search Buddy

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Search selected text in Google, StackOverflow, DuckDuckGo and Github without leaving VSCode
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Search Buddy

Extension for VSCode to search selected text easily in Google, Github, Stackoverflow, DuckDuckGo!

What it does:

Ever been puzzled by a function, library, or need code examples? Just select the name or keyword and instantly search in your web browser without typing or copying!

How it works!

Simply select the word or function you want to search, then right click and click on Search by Google or Search by Stackoverflow, Search by Github, Search by DuckDuckGo in drop-down menu based on your need.

See it in Action (Suppose multiple languages)

This tool supports all available locales in VSCode. locale full list

When you select the text and right click

Dropdown Menu (English) drop-down-menu

Dropdown Menu (Spanish) drop-down-menu

Dropdown Menu (Simplified Chinese) drop-down-menu

How it opens in browser

Google

Google-query-results

Github

Github-query-results

Stackoverflow

Google-query-results

DuckDuckGo

Google-query-results

Discussion

Most development discussions take place on GitHub in this repo, via the GitHub issue tracker.

Contributing Guideline

We welcome contributions! Please follow our contribution guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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