Comments on: Quicksilver tip: Quick, targetted web searches

By: Yacarib

Yacarib — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:01:55 +0000

Thanks ClunkClunk!! That worked like a charm.

Thanks also Alisdair.

By: ClunkClunk

ClunkClunk — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:32:36 +0000

Do you have the “Web Search Module” plugin installed in QS?

By: Yacarib

Yacarib — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:19:37 +0000

No luck yet. Here’s what I have so far.

I have “wiki” selected as the default in Quicksilver for “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=***”

I then âŒ˜-E the word Quicksliver on this web page. I want to test finding Quicksilver in Wikipedia.

Then I active Quicksliver and type wiki. OK so far.

I tried your recommendation, but don’t see the “Search For…” as an option.

Other recommendations? Thanks in advance.

By: Alisdair

Alisdair — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:53:31 +0000

Yacarib: it could be that the default action in your Quicksilver setup is “Open URL”. You can fix this, though.

Try hitting tab instead of the first return. This should take you to the action selection. Hit the down arrow, look for “Search For…”, then ctrl-click that item and select “Make Default”. Then you should be able to go for the return-return shortcut.

By: Yacarib

Yacarib — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 02:39:32 +0000

I’m stuck at the point where I need to hit return twice. I get sent to the search website’s main page without substituting the search term from the shared clipboard. Help! What am I missing?

Thanks in advance for your responses. This looks like an amazing shortcut.

By: Quicksilver Does Web Searches at LifeDev

Quicksilver Does Web Searches at LifeDev — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:24:50 +0000

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By: ClunkClunk

ClunkClunk — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:09:29 +0000

I never knew about the “Use Selection for Find” nor the comma to do double searches in QS.

Thanks!

By: Tim Gaden

Tim Gaden — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:41:35 +0000

That is a very cool trick! Thanks.

By: Kevin Marsh

Kevin Marsh — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:29:00 +0000

Another cool trick, you can use a comma (,) to select multiple sites to search. For example, typing goo [,] imdb [Enter] Borat [Enter] will open two tabs in Safari, one for Google and another for IMDB with the search results for Borat. Take that, Dogpile!

By: Uno

Uno — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:35:31 +0000

As a keyboard junkie, I find the "search from address bar" approach quicker and more versatile. The free Parang plugin for Safari works nicely, and you can add your own searches with ease. Plus for being able to define what spaces should be replaced with (+, %20, | etc.)