Search Shortcuts# PRO

Search Shortcuts let you type a trigger word followed by a query in Safari's address bar and jump straight to a site's search results — for example, typing gh hello world can take you to GitHub's search for "hello world".

This feature requires Scripting PRO.

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#How It Works

When you search from Safari's address bar, Scripting looks at the first word of your query. If it matches a shortcut's trigger, the rest of the query is sent to that shortcut's search URL instead of your default search engine.

• The first word is the trigger.
• Everything after it becomes the search query.
• The query is URL-encoded and substituted into the shortcut's URL where you put %s.

It works with Safari's address-bar search on common search engines (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Baidu, Ecosia, Startpage). Make sure your query starts with the trigger word.

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#Add a Shortcut

In the Safari Browser Scripts settings, open Search Shortcuts and tap Add:

• Trigger — a single word with no spaces, e.g. gh.
• Name — an optional label for the list.
• Search URL — the destination, with %s where the query should go.

Each shortcut has an Enabled switch. Tap a row to edit it, or swipe to delete.

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#Examples

With the gh shortcut above, searching gh swiftui opens https://github.com/search?q=swiftui.

The destination does not have to be a web search. A custom app URL scheme or a Universal Link also works, so a shortcut can open another app's search directly.

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#Notes

• Shortcuts are matched only when the first word equals a trigger. A normal query that does not start with a trigger passes through to your default search engine unchanged.
• Changes you make in the settings take effect on your next search.