Search the selected text using any online search engine.
- Compatible with all IntelliJ-based IDEs
- Add custom search engines' URLs in (Settings | Other settings | OnlineSearch)
- Launch the search from the editor's context menu (Select text | Right-click | OnlineSearch | Select a search engine)
- Map a search engine to a keyboard shortcut (Settings | Keymap | <search engine name>)
- Pop up the search engine list with a keyboard shortcut (Settings | Keymap | OnlineSearch)
- Works with other IDE "views" that have text areas (e.g. Diff, Debugger Console, Run Console, etc.)
- If you don't see the context menu entry, try a keyboard shortcut to show OnlineSearch's popup
- Out-of-the-box support for Google, Github, GrepCode, CppReference, and others (Ability to add/remove/reorder any number of search engines)
Here are some typical use cases for OnlineSearch:
Pre-defined search enginesAdding a shortcut to show OnlineSearch's popup menu
Popup menu
Settings
Adding a new search engine
Adding a shortcut to launch a particular search engine
Popup menu showing the new shortcut
Launch an online search from other text areas in the IDE