SearchBar

The most efficient way to use your favourite search engines. Search selected text, use customizable hotkeys and much more.

What is SearchBar?

'SearchBar' is a Chrome extension built to enhance your search experience. It brings the best features of Google Toolbar to Chrome, offering one-click search customization, the ability to search selected text, new tab search, customizable hotkeys, search suggestions, search history, the highlighting of search terms, a feature to find search terms in the page, and the ability to search the current site. This advanced tool makes browsing user-friendly, easy, and efficient.

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By: Jacob H

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 60,000+

Rating: 4.52 (459) ▲ 1 new ratings

Version: 0.11.10 (Last updated: 2023-10-15)

Creation date: 2019-10-26

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
storage
contextMenus
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 223.23K

Email: ja*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 3516 ▼ 40

Other rankings

#130 in Tools ▼ 1

#1 in search bar keyword 15

#3 in search box keyword 14 ▼ 1

#14 in google search keyword 47 ▲ 2

#38 in search keyword 40 ▼ 5

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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To get started with SearchBar, wait for it to finish installing, go to a web page such as www.google.com and press F4. If nothing happens, you may need to refresh the page.

SearchBar brings the best features of Google Toolbar to Chrome, and much more besides: ● one-click search customization ● search selected text ● new tab search ● customizable hotkeys ● search suggestions ● search history ● highlight search terms ● find search terms in page ● search current site ● pre-populate with search terms ● resize, reorder and reposition

User reviews

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Pros

Very useful and easy to set up
Highly customizable with multiple search options
Allows automatic copying and pasting of selected text into the search bar

Cons

Buttons can become unresponsive requiring page refreshes
Recent issues with compatibility across different browsers
No recent updates, leading to functionality problems

Most mentioned

Issues with button responsiveness after multiple searches
Need for updates from the developer
Support concerns regarding compatibility with various browsers

Recent reviews

The SearchBar ext is the only reason I use Brave instead of Firefox. In late 2023 SearchBar buttons could become unresponsive requiring a page refresh on all Chrome versions. In Sept 2024 the Brave Browser fixed this problem. If you have this problem try Brave.