[pt run] Option to just launch browser and use query to search

[KloniaX]

Just like Apple's ctrl+space feature, you should be able to quickly open a new window on your default browser, and immediately search the web. This is the main reason I downloaded PowerToys, and I am disappointed this is not yet a feature. Would love to see this added.

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[crutkas]

thought on implementation, could be last option.

hit up and that would go to bottom of search list. That could solve #3245. Wouldn't return results but would solve the user choice option

[crutkas]

doing some quick run prompt tests, i don't know if we can default search. doing msedge foobar treats it as a URL

[crutkas]

executing THE_BROWSER "? QUERY" will actually query. Tested against edge and chrome and this does work.

chrome "? foo" and msedge "? foo" both worked

[ColeHardTruth]

executing THE_BROWSER "? QUERY" will actually query. Tested against edge and chrome and this does work.

chrome "? foo" and msedge "? foo" both worked

Hello, I'm new to the PowerToys hub and Github in general, but using build 0.47.0, this methodology doesn't work. Typing chrome "? [search]" and msedge "? [search]" comes up with no possible selectable options. Is this an error on my part?

Edit: It seems msedge -- "? [search]" does the trick, is there any more fluid way to accomplish this? Similarly to how it works in the W10 start menu?

[crutkas]

@ColeHardTruth my comments here were notes on process paths for what could work as an agnostic solution, not direct notes for valid inputs for PT Run itself.

[ColeHardTruth]

Oh, I see. My apologies

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[crutkas]

@ColeHardTruth, no need to be sorry :)

[ColeHardTruth]

@crutkas Okay 🙂 In this case then, is there a way to integrate this feature planned? obviously if I don't have to type that long string msedge -- "? [search]" it would be better, and automatically using the default browser would be pretty wonderful too

[crutkas]

@ColeHardTruth, idea would be "ACTIONWORD query" and it behinds the scenes would launch your default browser and just do the search with your default search engine.

so if i did %foobar and % was my action word, my browser would launch against Bing in this instance as it is my default and search for foobar

[ColeHardTruth]

@ColeHardTruth, idea would be "ACTIONWORD query" and it behinds the scenes would launch your default browser and just do the search with your default search engine.

so if i did %foobar and % was my action word, my browser would launch against Bing in this instance as it is my default and search for foobar

I agree, that would be good. However, in trying to keep the apple spotlight parallels, I think it would be best if PowerToys assumed a websearch in default browser was the preferred action, and to execute the search for the typed term if other results below a certain relevance could not be found, such as obvious urls (.com, etc) or name-match programs. I have no clue how to implement this on a software-engineering level as I have little experience, but as an end-user that feels to me to be best 🙂

[crutkas]

We are app first, not web search first model. Sounds like you may want something outside the scope of this issue as well

[ColeHardTruth]

no that's fair, it does make sense! My idea was just one possible route to take. To possibly merge the two concepts, web queries could even be added to the bottom of the list, so hitting the up arrow would also be a valid approach? Just an idea 🙂

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[crutkas]

This is fixed in 0.53, get it at https://aka.ms/installPowerToys