One thing I like about Google Desktop is you can configure it so that when you press Ctrl,Ctrl, it will bring up a dialog that looks like this:
The dialog will have focus and I can type in there, press enter, and then it will open a new tab in my default browser using the contents of the text box.
For instance; this allows me to type
Ctrl,Ctrl, foo
, Enter
and it will open up this url: https://www.google.com/#q=foo
Is there a way to do this in Windows?
Failing that, is there a tool that will work like this?
Best Answer
It's possible to do this with a script for AutoHotkey (Windows automation software). Just open notepad, paste the code below and save it with the .ahk file extension. I could only test it on Windows 7 though. But it opens the search URL on a new tab as expected. The search dialog box looks like this: