Okay so i have a addon that gives me a google logo i can press to try my search in google if i cant find something on duckduck go but i would like to have the opposite too so a button that would let me click to search on duckduck if googleing isn’t successful eg. If someone sends me a google search link
this seems like something best solved with a bookmarklet
let me see if i can knock one up quickly
okay, i got a bit distracted, sorry it took so long
javascript:(function() {window.location="https://duckduckgo.com/?"+window.location.toString().match(/q=.*?(\&|$)/g);})()alternative code block
javascript:(function() {window.location="https://duckduckgo.com/?"+window.location.toString().match(/q=.*?(\&|$)/g);})()just drag that into your bookmarks bar, then click it when you’re on a google search page (please message me with any questions or bugs, i wrote this in five minutes with an online regex tester)
also, thank you for this post - i’d never thought of doing this, but it’s a good idea
edit 2: okay, lemmy-ui currently has a bug with ampersands. please replace
&in the script with just an “&”
You could put this in a button and inject it into the google page with a user script extension right?
That might get closer to what OP wants
You could put this in a button and inject it into the google page with a user script extension right?
yes, probably. but i wouldn’t know how, i don’t really use userscripts; i prefer to trigger things manually
if anyone else wants to do this: i release the above code under cc0, any person may use it for any purpose without let or hindrance, yada yada
That might get closer to what OP wants
i guess…? but i’m not sure of the functional difference between a button in the bookmarks bar, and a button on the page
The difference would really just be where to click, and whether you have to have the bookmarks bar enabled. I usually have mine set to only show on the new-tab page.
Also i find it harder to find stuff in the bookmark bar then just a button
oh fair enough, i forgot that some people hide the bookmarks bar because i find it really useful
Swift Selection Search is an extension that adds search engine buttons on selected text.
I don’t think this is exactly what you are looking for, but I guess it has a similar use. I just discovered it last week.
I have looked at it and some similar, but they are non customisable and i don’t like that