Customise search engine (Google Search to other search)
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This topic was posted a couple of years ago, but the topic is locked and my question is slightly different anyway.
Q: Is it possible to change Google Search to a custom search engine, say to something like DuckDuckGo?
A: You can easily do that by editing the file shortcuts.xml, usually located in the folder %appdata%\Notepad++.
That worked for the “Google search” command behind mouse rt-click, which is nice, but what I was originally wondering is that in Settings > Preferences > Search Engine one can change the search engine for the command “Search on Internet”. I didn’t find such a command. Is it supposed to be “Google search” or a different command? Changing options in Search Engine didn’t affect the “Google search” command
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The “Search on Internet” command that is affected by Settings -> Preferences -> Search Engine may be found here:
Edit (menu) -> On Selection -> Search On Internet
Note that even though the menu path hints that you need a selection active to run the command, if you happen to be searching for a single word, having the caret touching that word is sufficient (i.e., without having anything selected).
