Right click search google

timboellis1 · Dec 30, 2006

Within Safari when you right click once highlighted an item you can click search google, any way to get it to search .co.uk instead of .com?

NanoBite · Dec 30, 2006

It would require some work, probably using AppleScript or Automator or a app like:

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/mac/16170

This link has some good info on installing Contextual Menu Items (CMI's) by hand and tells you where they live on your HD:

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/28/cm_pt1.html

thefarky · Dec 30, 2006

timboellis1, I recommend Inquisitor. It allows you to configure exactly what sites you want to search. By default, it automatically searches Google.com, but you can easily change that in the Safari preferences. Inquisitor also allows you to add multiple(I don't know a limit) sites to automatically search while you type. I hope this helps.

PowerBookG4 · Dec 30, 2006

thefarky said:
timboellis1, I recommend Inquisitor. It allows you to configure exactly what sites you want to search. By default, it automatically searches Google.com, but you can easily change that in the Safari preferences. Inquisitor also allows you to add multiple(I don't know a limit) sites to automatically search while you type. I hope this helps.

I use this program too, it works flawlessly in safari and is a great little aid.

ToddG · Dec 30, 2006

thefarky said:
By default, it automatically searches Google.com, but you can easily change that in the Safari preferences.

How? A search of the web (via Google, of course

) and a search of Apple.com didn't turn up any easy solutions.

thefarky · Dec 31, 2006

ToddG, go to the Safari preferences, select the Search tab, and change the source to another locale of Google or Yahoo, or click Edit Sites and change it to what you want.

ToddG · Dec 31, 2006

Come on ... you're teasing me now right?

This is what I get when I choose Safari->Preferences

There is no search tab.

NanoBite · Dec 31, 2006

I just checked and there's no Search Tab in my Safari Prefs...

thefarky · Dec 31, 2006

You might have an old vesion of Inquisitor. You might want to try downloading the newest version. It should look like this:

ToddG · Dec 31, 2006

I don't have Inquisitor.

Mystery solved. :ninja:

I took your earlier statement (quoted by me above) to mean that the default search engine could be changed without Inquisitor. My bad, sorry.