129663 - An easy way to select (multiple) search engines

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Search, enhancement)

Description

[ValShaq]

I want to use google(.de) for normal search and dict.leo.org (or whatever
dictionary site is appropriate) as "dictionary search".
If I want to select a text, then right-click to search / dictinoary search it,
I'll first have to change it via the sidebar "using" Tab.
That's simply not efficient.
The ability to add several search engines to the context menu would be cool :-)
Another idea would be to have some kind of "protocol" for them, so that
leo://text_to_translate would work.

Comment 1

[Samir Gehani]

Have you tried Advanced search (see Edit|Preferences|Navigator|Internet Search)?
 The additional site in question should have a Sherlock plugin that you have
downloaded for this to work in advanced search, of course.

Comment 2

[ValShaq]

Hmm... Isn't Sherlock something for Mac only?
Thanks for the "advanced search" tip, but it doesn'solve my wish:
I'm still not able to use several search engines from the context menu if I
mark some text.

Comment 3

[Samir Gehani]

We sort of support Sherlock in mozilla/netscape 6.  See
<http://www.mozilla.org/projects/search/technical.html>.

Comment 4

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

Val, the context menu search is a very quick and very minimal search input
method. If you want to search multiple engines then you have to paste into the
search sidebar.