Add Search Forms to the Firefox Search Bar
Wouldn't it be cool if you could add search plugins for any search form to the Firefox Search Bar, instead of having to create the plugin yourself or wait for the site owner to stop being lazy and make one?
It's good that there's an extension for Firefox called Add to Search Bar that will add a new context menu item to let you create your own search plugins on the fly.
For instance, you can right-click on the search box here and then choose Add to Search Bar…
You'll be prompted to give it a name, I chose to shorten the site title down a bit.
And there we go, now I can search the How-To Geek from Firefox.
I've tested this on a number of sites, seems to work pretty well… at some point I'll stop being lazy and make an official search plugin.
The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 09/1/07 and tagged with: Firefox, Firefox & Internet
The extension add to search bar didn't work on my computer.Any suggestions?
Hi, glad you're smart about this stuff. Is there a way to put a "Compose" button on my Firefox toolbar, so that when I copy something I want to e mail to someone I can just click on an e mail compose button to send it, instead of having to go back to my Home Page, and then click on "compose", you know like AOL has the "write" button at the top?
Leaving something on the forums - then I forget how to get back there. Sorry. You don't have to answer this. Thanks, Emilie LaFave in NC