{{tag>google desktop "keyboard shortcuts"}}

====== Search google for selected text ======
Google from anywhere

===== Install =====
==== Ubuntu ====

  sudo apt install xclip

==== Archu ====
Install ''xbindkeys'' and run ''xbindkeys_config'' in terminal.

==== Xubuntu ====

Install ''xsel''

===== Add script to keyboard shortcuts =====
==== Ubuntu ====
  sh -c 'firefox "https://www.google.com/search?q=$(xclip -o)"'


==== Xubuntu 16.04, Arch ====

  sh -c 'xsel | tr " " "+" | xargs -I %s xdg-open "http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"'

====== Tested on ======
  * Ubuntu Gnome 16.04, 19.10, 20.04

====== See also ======
  * [[wiki:desktop_shortcut_to_open_ssh_tunnel_and_then_open_firefox_tab|Desktop shortcut to open ssh tunnel and then open firefox tab]]
  * [[wiki:show_zenity_notifcation_string_selection|Show zenity notifcation on string selection]]


====== References ======
  * https://askubuntu.com/questions/222240/select-text-and-send-it-to-google-search-and-google-translate-from-shortcut/222340#222340