Custom Site Search Shortcuts

14 January 2023 - 2 mins read time
Tags: Chrome Documentation Safari Site Search

Custom site searches allow you to search a particular url with a search term and this quick guide will show you how to create them for documentation such as Maya, MotionBuilder and Qt in Chrome and Safari.

Chrome

1. Navigate to your settings: chrome://settings/searchEngines
2. Add a new entry to the site search section
3. Give your custom site search a name
4. Add a shortcut word or phrase, you can use a non-alphanumeric character at the start to avoid accidentally triggering the custom site search when searching
5. Add the url to use for the custom site search and add %s to the url where you want your search term to be injected into the url

Safari

Out of the box safari does not support custom site searches, so you’ll need to install an extension called Keyword search: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/keyword-search/id1558453954

1. Click the Keyword search extension icon to open the extension.
2. Add a new entry
3. Give your custom site search a name
4. Add a shortcut word or phrase, you can use a non-alphanumeric character at the start to avoid accidentally triggering the custom site search when searching
5. Add the url to use for the custom site search and add @@@ to the url where you want

Examples