Features
Available Search Types
Googlebar Lite currently supports the following search types:
- Web Search
- Performs a basic Google web search.
- I’m Feeling Lucky
- Immediately returns the first search result.
- Site Search
- Searches the content of the current website only. Disabled when viewing local files or Google search results.
- Images Search
- Searches on images only.
- Video Search
- Searches on videos only.
- News Search
- Searches news stories from around the web.
- Maps Search
- Searches within the map data at Google Maps.
- Groups Search
- Performs a newsgroup search.
- Froogle Search
- Searches product listings at Froogle.
- Web Directory Search
- Searches within the Google web directory.
- Scholar Search
- Searches within scholarly papers (useful in academics).
- Answers.com Search
- Searches Answers.com (essentially a dictionary & thesaurus search).
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Shift + Ctrl + K
- Sets focus on the Googlebar Lite search box (valid in version 4.5 and later). Starting with version 4.6, this shortcut is customizable.
- Shift + Ctrl + L
- Sets focus on the Googlebar Lite search box (valid in version 4.4 and earlier).
- Alt + Enter
- Opens search results in a new tab.
- Shift + Enter
- By default, performs a site search (this setting can be changed).
- Ctrl + Enter
- By default, performs an images search (this setting can be changed).
- Shift + Ctrl + Enter
- By default, performs a newsgroup search (this setting can be changed).
Googlebar Lite Context Menu
The Googlebar Lite context menu is optional, and enabled by default. It contains the following menu items (each of which can be optionally displayed or hidden):
- Search Web for Selected Text
- Performs a basic web search for any currently selected text.
- Search This Site for Selected Text
- Performs a site search for any currently selected text.
- Search Images for Selected Text
- Performs an images only search for any currently selected text.
- Search Videos for Selected Text
- Performs a video search for any currently selected text.
- Search Google Maps for Selected Text
- Performs a maps search for any currently selected text.
- Search Groups for Selected Text
- Performs a newsgroup search for any currently selected text.
- Search Answers.com for Selected Text
- Performs a search at Answers.com for any currently selected text.
- Backward Links
- Performs a backwards-link lookup of the current page.
- Cached Snapshot of This Page
- Searches Google’s cache for the current page.
- Cached Snapshot of This Link
- Searches Google’s cache for the current link. This menu item is only enabled when right-clicking the desired link to query.
- Find Similar Pages
- Searches Google for pages related to the current page.
- Translate Into English
- Translates the current page into English, using Google’s translation tools.
Search History
Starting in version 4.0, Googlebar Lite makes use of an auto-complete search history system. In order for this search history system to work properly, form history support must be enabled in Firefox. Googlebar Lite will warn you if form history is not properly enabled, and will provide several available actions for you to take.
To delete individual items from the search history, highlight the item to be deleted and press Shift + Delete.
Paste and Search
If you right click inside the Googlebar Lite search box (to open the context menu), you will find a Paste and Search menu item, right under the normal Paste menu item. If there are search terms on the clipboard, simply select this menu item instead of the normal Paste item; your terms will be pasted and a web search will automatically be performed.