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The omnibox API allows you to register a keyword with Google Chrome's address bar, which is also known as the omnibox.

The omnibox API allows you to register a keyword with Google Chrome's address bar, which is also known as the omnibox.

When the user enters your extension's keyword, the user starts interacting solely with your extension. Each keystroke is sent to your extension, and you can provide suggestions in response.

The suggestions can be richly formatted in a variety of ways. When the user accepts a suggestion, your extension is notified and can take action.

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Shorter trigger keyword for Opensearch in omnibox

Is it possible to make a shorter keyword for the users to access our opensearch? Example: Our website is: xxxxxxxxx.com I want that when typing 'xxx' and pressing TAB the opensearch for our website will appear. Right now the users have to type the…
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Writing to a webpage's textfield from chrome extension

I want to create a chrome extension that takes in some text, then opens a website, and tries to write that text to the textfield. This is what I have: chrome.omnibox.onInputEntered.addListener( function(text) { …
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Write to google docs from chrome extension

I am trying to make a chrome extention that will take text from the omnibox, open a new google doc, and paste the text into that doc. I already have a link that creates new google docs, but how can I put text into from here? I know I can…
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How do I get Chrome's current URL now that the Chrome_OmniboxView window class has been removed?

I've been using, for a long time, the code FindWindowEx(Hwnd, 0, 'Chrome_OmniboxView', nil) to get the URL from Google Chrome. But suddenly the class Chrome_OmniboxView is no longer avaliable. I can not find any kind of solution, here or anywhere :(…
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Where can I find an unix man documentation website that can be integrated with omnibox search?

Where can I find a unix man documentation website that can be integrated with omnibox search? I want to open a man webpage when I type "man xxx" in Chrome omnibar. Now, the only thing I miss is a good man website that supports search.
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