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Google Search Custom Sidebar

Customizable Google Search sidebar: quick filters (lang, time, filetype, country, date), site search, Verbatim & Personalization tools.

نووسەر
StonedKhajiit
Daily installs
0
Total installs
19
Ratings
5 0 0
وەشان
0.1.1
Created
2025-05-11
Updated
2025-05-21
Size
270 KB
مۆڵەت
MIT
Applies to

Google Search Custom Sidebar - Supercharge Your Search! (v0.1.0)

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This UserScript is ONLY available here on Greasy Fork. Extensions with the same name on the Chrome Web Store are unauthorized clones and may contain PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs); please avoid using them.

Tired of digging through menus for Google's advanced search operators? Google Search Custom Sidebar adds a powerful and highly configurable sidebar to your Google search results page, giving you instant access to advanced filters and tools right where you need them.

🌟 Key Features:

  • 🔍 Quick Filters:
    • 🌍 Language: Filter results by specific languages.
    • ⏰ Time: Quickly select predefined time ranges (past hour, day, week, month, year) or set a custom date range.
    • 📄 Filetype:
      • Filter by common file types (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, etc.).
      • 🚀 NEW: Checkbox Mode for Filetype Search (Optional): Select multiple filetypes via checkboxes for a combined (filetype:A OR filetype:B) search, with a dedicated "Apply Selected" button.
    • 🗺️ Country/Region: Limit results to specific countries.
    • 🔑 Keyword Location: Specify where your keywords should appear:
      • Anywhere in the page (default)
      • In the title of the page
      • In the text of the page
      • In the URL of the page
  • 🖱️ Enhanced Site Search:
    • Quickly search within your predefined favorite websites.
    • ✅ Checkbox Mode for Site Search (Optional): Select multiple favorite sites via checkboxes for a combined (site:A OR site:B) search, with a dedicated "Apply Selected Sites" button.
    • 🌐 TLD/SLD Support for Favorite Sites: Add domains like .edu, .gov.uk, or even specific TLDs/SLDs directly to your favorite sites list.
  • 🛠️ Essential Tools:
    • ✍️ Verbatim Search Toggle: Easily switch to "Verbatim" mode for exact phrase matching.
    • 👤 Personalization Toggle: Quickly turn search personalization on or off.
    • 🔗 Advanced Search Link: Direct link to Google's Advanced Search page (pre-fills current query).
    • 🔄 Reset Filters: Clear all active sidebar filters with one click.

🎨 Highly Customizable:

  • 📑 Section Control: Show, hide, and reorder sidebar sections (Language, Time, Filetype, etc.).
  • 👁️ Appearance: Adjust sidebar width, font size, hover opacity, and choose from multiple themes (Light, Dark, Minimal Light, Minimal Dark, or follow system preference).
  • 📍 Button Placement: Customize the location of Reset, Verbatim, Advanced Search, and Personalization buttons (Sidebar Header, Top Block, Tools Section, or Hide).
  • ➕ Custom Filter Options: Add your own custom languages, time ranges, filetypes (supporting OR combinations), countries, and favorite sites (supporting OR combinations).
  • 🗣️ Interface Language: Auto-detects browser language or can be manually set. Fully supports English, 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese), and 日本語 (Japanese). Partial translations for Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, and Русский available (external i18n script v0.1.0).
  • 🪗 Accordion Mode: Optionally, allow only one section to be expanded at a time.
  • 🖐️ Draggable Sidebar: Reposition the sidebar anywhere on the page.

💡 How to Use:

  1. The sidebar will automatically appear on Google search results pages.
  2. Click the gear icon (⚙️) in the sidebar header to open the settings panel and customize your experience.

🎉 Recent Updates (v0.1.0):

  • 🚀 NEW: Filetype Search Checkbox Mode: Similar to site search, you can now select multiple filetypes using checkboxes for a combined (OR) search. Includes a new setting to enable/disable this mode and an "Apply Selected" button in the sidebar.
  • 🛠️ Internal improvements and alignment with the latest core script features.