Use your keyboard's slash (/) key to focus on websites' search boxes

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Version
0.2
Update
August 26, 2020
Size
35.77KiB
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Category
Users
15
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Search with Slash (/) Extension

Not a fan of leaving the keyboard?
Too lazy to reach for the mouse everytime you need to perform a search?

This extension might just be for you!

No more scrolling to navigate to the search bar; just press slash (/), and let us find it for you!

No configuration needed; just add the extension, navigate to any site, and get started.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Search with Slash (/)", "description": "Use your keyboard's slash (/) key to focus on websites' search boxes", "manifest_version": 2, "version": "0.2", "browser_action": { "default_icon": "icon.png" }, "icons": {"128": "icon_128.png"}, "permissions": ["input"], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [""], "js": ["content.js"], "run_at": "document_start" } ]}
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How to download and manually install Search with Slash (/) extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Search with Slash (/) extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Search with Slash (/) extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Search with Slash (/) extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Search with Slash (/) extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Search with Slash (/) extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Search with Slash (/) Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Search with Slash (/) extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Search with Slash (/) extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Search with Slash (/) extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Search with Slash (/) extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Search with Slash (/) extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Search with Slash (/) extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Search with Slash (/) extension file

Select and download the Search with Slash (/) extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Search with Slash (/) extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Search with Slash (/) extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Search with Slash (/) extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Search with Slash (/) extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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Nishant Joywardhan (ID: 000000e3c75cec02) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/28/2020 Amazing work Akshansh! :)

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Anveshan Lal (ID: 0000009853fa79af) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/28/2020 Okay this is going to be a long one, The developer of this extension, Akshansh, has been a friend of mine since college days and though we have drifted ways and quite a bit of time has passed but today morning when I received the notifcation that your contact Akshansh Bhanjana has posted a new extension it took me a bit of time to process it, I stood still and I think so did the time. I couldn't believe what I saw, "Is it him? Is he alive?!" I exclaimed. Without wasting a second I straight up went ahead and installed the extension and used it on 69 websites. It worked, It worked like a charm on every website I came across, and I can say this with absolute no bias that this google chrome extension will and definitely will make your life, either you are realist or nhilist or feminist it will definitely make your life easier by hundred to thousand of folds and I came to this absolute number by burning the midnight oil throughout the week. So if this doesn't convince you to install this extension, then.. Leave it I am not here to make fun traits that people are born with that they may or may not be able to change. Install this and hold on to this for-ever. 5/5

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Atul Tyagi (ID: 000000162095514a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/28/2020 Loved it !

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Shyam Maheshwari (ID: 000000747d1ae01e) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/28/2020 this is by far the best surf assist i have ever encountered in my life. the amount of time it saves me everytime i press '/' to find the search bar, i can double my procrastination hours now. thank you developers for bringing this bliss into my life and my chrome. but let's face it. no one uses chrome. be a tad bit cooler if you built the same extension for firefox. k thenk bi.