this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
22 points (92.3% liked)

Firefox

17884 readers
21 users here now

A place to discuss the news and latest developments on the open-source browser Firefox

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
k_o_t@lemmy.ml
22
Duckduck go button on google (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 1 year ago by Oliper202020@discuss.tchncs.de to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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

top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 "&"

[–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Zeus@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

oh fair enough, i forgot that some people hide the bookmarks bar because i find it really useful

[–] Justly0250@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

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.