Firefox Add-ons
Scroll Search Engines 1.0.1
by Einar Egilsson
Categories
Changes the selected search engine in the search bar by scrolling the mouse over the searchbar or search context menu. Also supports keyboard shortcuts ctrl+k and ctrl+shift+k to change the search engine with the keyboard.
Updated August 15, 2008
201 weekly downloads
25,024 total downloads
Long Description
Changes the selected search engine in the search bar by scrolling the mouse. This saves you from having to click the menu, and then click the engine you want to use. This works both when you're hovering over the search bar, or when you've selected a word and right clicked to search the web for it, then you can scroll when you're hovering over the "Search google for..." menuitem. The add-on also supports keyboard shortcuts ctrl+k and ctrl+shift+k to change the search engine with the keyboard. Optionally you can select to scroll in a loop by configuring it in the options window of the add-on.
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Homepage
http://tech.einaregilsson.com/projects/scroll-search-engines/
Support
Support for this add-on is provided by the developer at http://tech.einaregilsson.com/projects/scroll-search-engines/ or by sending an e-mail to scrollsearchengines at einaregilsson dot com
Reviews
omg this is essential but please consider adding a global shortcut for changing search engine (ctrl+keying and then arrowing is way too slow for my needs).
by Shemkiel on September 30, 2008
Amazingly useful - Suggestion
This app is beautiful in its simplicity and use. I do have a suggestion though. Having to go to the top right every time I have to change search engine is annoying (I use it a lot) and I thought why not have the ability to right click+scroll to change the search engines? then you wouldn't even have to go up there. It is also useful when you want to drag text into the search box: instead of going up, changing, going back down, dragging text back up you would simply right click+scroll then drag up to the search box
by unreal_ed on September 5, 2008
Small Suggestion...
Would be nice if you could add an Icon with Up Down arrows indicating that This Extension is installed and active and also as a hint for new users...
by ZaDeveloper on July 21, 2008
Advanced Details
Developer Comments
Send comments and bug reports to scrollsearchengines (at) einaregilsson.com
Version 1.0.1 — August 15, 2008 — 10 KB
- Preferences window for the loop scroll preference
- Added keyboard shortcuts to scroll, ctrl+k to go forward and ctrl+shift+k to go backwards.
- Refactored some of the code.
