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      • 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.

      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. A shortcut can have several triggers, and any of them activates it.
      • 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.

      Add a Shortcut

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

      • Triggers — one or more words with no spaces, e.g. gh. Add several (such as gh and git) and any of them activates the shortcut. Use Add trigger to add more, and the minus button to remove one.
      • 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.

      Different URLs for iPhone/iPad and Mac

      By default one search URL is used on every device. If you want a mobile-optimized site on iPhone/iPad and the full site on Mac, turn on Use different URLs for iPhone/iPad and Mac. Both fields are pre-filled with your current URL, so you only change the side you need — for example an m. mobile host for iPhone/iPad and the desktop host for Mac. The extension picks the URL that matches the device you are searching on.

      Examples

      TriggersSearch URL
      gh, githttps://github.com/search?q=%s
      ythttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s
      npmhttps://www.npmjs.com/search?q=%s
      whttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%s

      With the gh shortcut above, searching gh swiftui — or git 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.

      Notes

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