Google Search Extra Buttons
Add buttons of customized search to results page of Google and main page. (This page in Russian.)
(Note: option of revert to old blue design of x-buttons was added to settings.)
(Fx, Chrome, Opera12+, Safari, MS Edge + Win10 + Tampermonkey, Vivaldi, KMeleon, Yandex, Brave)
NOTE 2022-08: 1) for working in Images tab in Chrome it need install extension whiсh disable CSP (Content Security Policy) else breaks by JS error. (It's not required for common search.)
NOTE: 2) G. Search in images restrict past intervals! Only day|week|month|year.
3) WxH (show sizes) function is removed, so button is changed to B/W.
- Fx - script is installed by GreaseMonkey addon for userscripts (in older Firefox Scriptish addon may be used);
- Chrome|new Opera(15+)|Vivaldi|Yandex browser - immediately (on the page chrome://extensions/ it placed as unpacked script in "developer mode"; directory sholuld be contain manifest.json or JSON code lower, rename script: "Google_Search_Extra_Buttons.user.js" or similar if need; or by other methods - Tampermonkey);
- Opera 12+ - save userscript in file placed in Opera directory... - start this script in 2022 without Tampermonkey which not works (there are instructions);
- Safari - installed by Tampermonkey for Safari.
- , MS Edge, KMeleon, Brave
{
"content_scripts": [ {
"exclude_matches": [ ],
"include_globs": [
"http://www.google.*/search*"
,"https://www.google.*/search*"
,"https://www.google.*/*"
,"https://encrypted.google.*/search*"
,"https://encrypted.google.*/*"
,"https://spmbt.github.io/googleSearchExtraButtons/saveYourLocalStorage.html"
,"https://www.gstatic.com/index.html"
,"https://www.gstatic.com/sites/p/b9356d/system/services/test.html"],
"js": [ "Google_Search_Extra_Buttons.user.js" ],
"matches": [ "http://*/*", "https://*/*" ],
"run_at": "document_idle"
} ],
"converted_from_user_script": true,
"description": "Add buttons (past 1/2/3 days, weeks, PDF search etc.) for Google search page",
"name": "GoogleSearchExtraButtons",
"version": "45.2022.8.23",
"manifest_version": 2
}
Script adds 8 types of buttons that doubled links hidden in:
- change interface language (en(default), fr, ru, de, es) by settings in navigator.language or in Settings area; small sticked appearance;
- search in PDF, DOC, XLS, TXT and many another docs;
- hide button File Types search in Settings
- search in site (from list; if no list in settings (or commented), this button is not displayed);
- hide second button ("site") if you clean sites list and change any another setting (formally for save)
- write list of your favorite sites in code (example: ['slashdot.org','digg.com']);
- search for 1,2..13 last days; (but for Images tab variants are restricted by day|week|month|year)
- search for 1,2..10 last weeks;
- search for 1,2..11 last months;
- search for 1,2..10 last years;
- search for 1,2..22 last hours;
- save of each select in ext. localStorage;
- select "en w/o hints" for no hints (interface language will be English);
- save settings (language and sites list) in the external localStorage (because Google clean own storage);
- keep type of current page ('tbm=' parameter) - news, pictures, video etc.
2022-08-22: Google Dark Theme support (in input field);
2018-12-11: White-Mint-Oval design (as default), blue old design as additional;
2018-12-05..11: start page with buttons is repaired; fix img search; hide buttons in shop|boks|finance;
2018-11-30..12-4: search by up to 30 filetypes; images search by types and Show Sizes checkbox;
2018-11-19..20: by changes of layout (classes and logic) of results page (TODO start page), external localStorage is placed to Google domain (gstatic.com)
2017-12-12: transitions in fading columns; some style modifications
2017-11-13: temporary save option "sort by date" for nexr search in the same page
2017-03-11: more contrast gray design of extra buttons
2017-02-04: fix white-on-white border of input field
2016-12-12: gray design of buttons on the pages with new desing of Google; setting of return to old buttons design.
2016-12-07: fixes for compatibility of new design of input fields; old format is supported also.
2016-01-17: fix autostart after select of site; switch of checkbox.
This script is based on BarsMonster article (ru) .
Github: https://github.com/spmbt/googleSearchExtraButtons .
