Included queries from active tabs on toolbar icon click ↞ [auto-sync from https://github.com/adamlui/ai-web-extensions/tree/main/perplexity-omnibox]

Author: kudo-sync-bot

chromium/extension/manifest.json

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "64": "icons/icon64.png",
     "128": "icons/icon128.png"
   },
+  "permissions": ["activeTab"],
   "action": { "default_title": "__MSG_prefix_ask__ Perplexity.ai" },
   "omnibox": { "keyword" : "@perplexity" },
   "background": { "service_worker": "service-worker.js" },

chromium/extension/service-worker.js

@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ const perplexityURL = 'https://www.perplexity.ai'
 })()
 
 // Launch Perplexity on toolbar icon click
-chrome.action.onClicked.addListener(() => chrome.tabs.create({ url: perplexityURL }))
+chrome.action.onClicked.addListener(async () => {
+    const [activeTab] = await chrome.tabs.query({ active: true, currentWindow: true }),
+          query = activeTab.url ? new URL(activeTab.url).searchParams.get('q') || 'hi' : 'hi'
+    chrome.tabs.create({ url: `${perplexityURL}/search/new?q=${query}` })
+})
 
 // Query Perplexity on omnibox query submitted
 chrome.omnibox.onInputEntered.addListener(query =>
-    chrome.tabs.update({ url: `${perplexityURL}/search/new?q=${decodeURIComponent(query)}` }))
+    chrome.tabs.update({ url: `${perplexityURL}/search/new?q=${query}` }))