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Old 10-06-2023, 08:21 PM   #1
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Changing "search for selection on the net" option in Calibre
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I was wondering if there is a way to change the "search for selection on the net" in Calibre that you get when you highlight a word in the e-book viewer and click the magnifying glass. Currently, doing this directs your search to Google, but I want it to go to a different website instead. Is this possible?
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Old 10-06-2023, 08:34 PM   #2
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I was wondering if there is a way to change the "search for selection on the net" in Calibre that you get when you highlight a word in the e-book viewer and click the magnifying glass. Currently, doing this directs your search to Google, but I want it to go to a different website instead. Is this possible?
yes, it is!

You want to go to Viewer Preferences -> Selection Behaviour -> URL to query when searching the internet
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yes, it is!

You want to go to Viewer Preferences -> Selection Behaviour -> URL to query when searching the internet
Great!

Everything should have that. An ereader should have no baked in links for search, SM, wikipedia etc but user settings too.
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Just in case the OP can't figure how to enter Viewer Prefs:

Show viewer preferences

Existing shortcuts:
Ctrl+,
Ctrl+Escape
Meta+Escape
Meta+,

(also, Search the Net is on the Globe icon, or the 'S' shortcut)
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