ContextualSearch

ContextualSearch is a powerful JetBrains IDE plugin that enables instant web searches from selected text in your editor, terminal, or consoles. Configure multiple search engines and access them with a simple right-click.

✨ Features

🔍 Universal Text Search

• Search selected text from code editor, terminal, and consoles
• Right-click context menu integration
• Opens results in your default browser

⚙️ Customizable Search Engines

• Add unlimited search engines (Google, Stack Overflow, GitHub, MDN, etc.)
• Enable/disable engines individually
• Custom URL patterns with %s placeholder
• Import/Export configurations as JSON

🎨 User-Friendly Interface

• Intuitive settings panel in Settings → Tools → ContextualSearch
• Quick add, edit, and remove engines
• Double-click to edit
• Checkbox to enable/disable engines on-the-fly

Thematic search engines packages ready to install

• 12 Predefined packages for popular developer resources (Search-Engines-Packages)

  • General Search Engines
  • Q&A Forums
  • Code Repositories
  • Documentation Sites
  • Package Managers
  • Containers & Cloud
  • Code Examples
  • Learning Platforms
  • Developer Tools
  • Security Resources
  • API Directories
  • Design Resources

• One-click installation of multiple search engines

• Save time configuring your favorite search engines

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

1. Open Settings/Preferences → Plugins
2. Search for "ContextualSearch"
3. Click Install and restart IDE

Configuration

1. Go to Settings → Tools → ContextualSearch
2. Click + to add a search engine
3. Enter:
   • Name: e.g., "Google"
   • URL: e.g., https://www.google.com/search?q=%s
4. Check Enable and click OK

Usage

1. Select any text in editor, terminal, or console
2. Right-click → Search with...
3. Choose your search engine
4. Browser opens with search results

📋 Example Search Engines

Name	URL Pattern
Google	https://www.google.com/search?q=%s
Stack Overflow	https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s
GitHub	https://github.com/search?q=%s
MDN Web Docs	https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=%s
Maven Central	https://search.maven.org/search?q=%s
npm	https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=%s
PyPI	https://pypi.org/search/?q=%s

🔧 Advanced Features

Import/Export

Share your search engine configurations:

• Click Import to load engines from JSON
• Click Export to save your configuration
• Perfect for team standardization

Multi-Context Support

Works seamlessly across:

• ✅ Code Editor
• ✅ Integrated Terminal
• ✅ Run/Debug Consoles
• ✅ Build Output Consoles

🤝 Contributing

Found a bug or have a feature request? Please open an issue on GitHub.

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