LOL - couldn't resist, don't kill me

A dummy searchbar - almost fully functional except that it doesn't show which search engine is currently active. No plugins, no complicated extensions: just a tiny macro which does nothing else except paint another button ICON for the native Search function, with zero new functions.

The purpose is: compared to the native button it offers a BIGGER landing space when clicking it with the mouse. At the same time it wastes much LESS toolbar space as a "real" search bar. And the smaller width is no prob: When clicking on it, the native input prompt shows up, which is several times bigger.



Important:
do a short click to search, and a long-click or right-click to open the menu.
CATCH: be aware, if the cursor is already inside the URLBAR when clicking the bar-button, it will immediately start searching for that address! Just like the native button too. This is a FEATURE not a bug - really!
(YES I do realize the entire concept of a search bar is nonsense in KM, but people keep wanting it so why not And it's just really intuitive.)

Note for new users:
this thing isn't really necessary, you can just as well type your search into the UrlBar and hit Return. Only need to know, when searching only for a single word, better not hit Return, but SHIFT-Return instead, or KM will first try to look it up as domain, wasting a second.
If Shift-Return does nothing, the definition may be missing in the other macros. Try adding it in your accel.cfg: SHIFT VK_RETURN = macros(Search)

More descriptions are inside the kmm-file, just read it with any text app.

PS: the button pic with the screenshotted text inside needs perhaps a bit smoothing, if anyone feels like improving it, just post it in a new post (not editing this original please)

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Update version-2:
Another gimmick, option to call a FIX search engine, as numbered in aboutconfig. Optional with or without changing default engine when clicking it.
And possibility to show several dummy bars in a row, for different search engines. A second button is prepared, just hidden with comment # signs. But this is more for showing what's also possible with the tiny native buttons, not much sense to waste space with multiple big bars.
No GUI for gimmicks, configuration and explanations inside the macro.

Mini-Update version-2b:
nicer icon (macro unchanged)

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BIG UPDATE in other macro:
if you want the same but with an automatic icon-changer, some Help on KM Search functions and other gimmicks, take a look at SearchDUO: http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?9,145612
Am using that regularly myself now, really handy



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 03/05/2018 03:37PM by siria.

Wow! Really funny!