HyperSearch
Instant internet search and bookmark management for Windows.
Install / Use
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HyperSearch
Instant internet search and shortcut management for hyperlinks and files.
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GUIDE CONTENTS
- Overview
- General Usage
- Switching Between Web and File Mode
- Navigation
- Adding & Removing Categories & Links
- Editing Category Names, Link Labels, and URLs
- Crosslinking
- Update Favorites
- Load & Import
- Export
- Update the Settings
OVERVIEW
Preview:
HyperSearch is a minimalist bookmark managing utility that focuses on speed and distraction-free access to user-defined web and file path shortcuts.
It provides customizable hotkeys for searching any highlighted text as well as a GUI search bar that can search both the internet and your personal index of link categories.
HyperSearch Lite is a streamlined version of the web searchbar and favorites without the bookmark manager.
Preview:
Activate HyperSearch Lite by typing Set>Min
Set>Min
GENERAL USAGE
Open the GUI with Win+Space or search any highlighted text with Ctrl+Win+Space. (These hotkeys can be reconfigured to user preference.)
Close the GUI with Escape or Close Window from the X menu.
The app will stay open in the system tray unless closed from the tray or via Exit App from the X menu.
When the app is launched for the first time it will create HS_Settings.ini and HSR_Master.csv sidecar files. If the .exe is moved the .ini and .csv files must stay in the same root folder as the .exe or the settings will be reset. Do not rename these files or new ones will be created the next time the app is launched and the app will be reset to it's default configuration.
The ? menu contains a link back to this guide, a link to the folder of the current repository file, and the active version number which directs to the folder of the application.
Switching Search Mode
Use the ! in the top right to switch between Web mode and File mode. The current search mode will be indicated by the status bar in the bottom left.
In Web mode all links will be accessed via the default web browser and search engine, whereas in File mode "links" should be input as file paths and will be accessed via Windows Explorer.
Note: Windows 11 allows for copying the file path of a selected file or folder via Ctrl+Shift+C.
When switching to File mode for the first time, a dialog will prompt to enter a name for a new HFR file (HyperSearch File Repository). This will create a separate repository from the HSR_Master.csv file to be used in File mode.
The rest of this guide will refer to input items as "links" or "URLs," although the same methods can be used to input file or folder paths. Be sure that when inputting items, the link or file path is formatted appropriately for the current search mode.
Likewise, when loading and importing repositories, be sure that the new repository is formatted appropriately for the current search mode.
Note: Favorites will remain consistent between Web and File mode and will always be accessed as web links. Also, the search bar will always send the search query to the web unless modifying the repository as indicated in the rest of this guide.
NAVIGATION
Navigate the favorites menu easily with Alt+1 - 9 or Alt+X for the exit menu.
Type in the search bar and press enter to search the internet via your default search engine (see changing the default search engine below)
Type a Space at the beginning of your search to search the index on the left instead
_Category Name
If the search starts with a Space, pressing Enter will set the focus to the links window below the search bar. Pressing Enter again will activate the highlighted link.
Type a # followed by a number to highlight the link in the specified position.
#10
Type #v to highlight the last link in the current category.
#v
Alt+A and Alt+D will also toggle between the two listboxes, skipping the search bar.
If one of the listboxes is active, Alt+W and Alt+S will toggle the slection up and down, respectively.
If the search bar is active, Alt+S or Alt+W will activate the links window and start cycling down through the links.
Also with the search bar active, Alt+Q will clear all of the current text so a new search can be started more quickly.
To pull the URL of the selected item into the edit bar, type ^ and press Enter. A link index can be specified after the ^ to pull that link's URL into the search bar.
^5
ADDING & REMOVING CATEGORIES & LINKS
To add a category, type the category name and +
Category Name+
To add a link to the current category, type + followed the name of the link followed by + followed by the URL. New links without a specified position will be added to the top of the links list
+GMail+mail.google.com
Note: When adding a link or filename with a + character, escape it by preceding it with a backtick.
To add a link at a specific position, type + followed by the position number followed by + followed by the link name followed by + followed by the URL
+1+Calendar+calendar.google.com
To add a link at the bottom of the links list, substitute v for the position value
+v+GDrive+drive.google.com
To move a link to a new position, type the starting position of the link, followed by ~ and the new position of the link
1~5
To move a range of links to a new position, type the first position of the range followed by - and the last number of the range, followed by ~ and the new starting positon of the link range
1-3~5
To remove the current link, type Delete- and select Yes on the prompt
Delete-
To remove a link at a specific position, type Delete- followed by the position number and select Yes on the prompt
Delete-1
To remove a sequential range of links, type Delete- followed by the first number of the range, then - and the last number of the range
Delete-1-5
To remove the current category, type Delete- followed by Category and select Yes on the prompt
Delete-Category
EDITING CATEGORY NAMES, LINK LABELS, AND URLs
To rename the current category, type the new category name followed by ++
New Category Name++
To relabel the current link, type + followed by the new label followed by +
+New Link Label
To relabel a link at a specific position, precede the command with + and the desired position #
+1+New Link Label
To reassign the URL of the current link, type ++ followed by the new URL
++New URL
To reassign a URL of a link at a specific position, precede the command with + and the desired position #
+1++New URL
CROSSLINKING
To have a link activate a specific category in the index, encapsulate the exact text of the desired category with <...> and set the link URL to *
+1+<Category Label>+*
UPDATE FAVORITES
To update favorites, type a number 1 - 9 and then > followed by your desired label name then > followed by the link URL. For example:
1>GMail>mail.google.com
To clear a selection, type the number of the favorite followed by only >
1>
To set a new label for a favorite, simply omit the last >
1>GMail
To set a new link for an existing favorite without updating the label, use >>
1>>drive.google.com
LOAD & IMPORT
To load a repository other than the default HSR_Master.csv file, type Load> followed by the pathname of a .csv file that is formatted consistently with HyperSearch. If the file is in the same folder as the HyperSearch executable, only the filename need be typed.
Load>C:\Users\username\Documents\HyperSearch\Repositories\MyCustomRepository.csv
To import bookmarks from Google Chrome, type Import> followed by the pathname of a .html file that has been generated by the "Export Bookmarks" function of Google Chrome. If the file is in the same folder as the HyperSearch executable, only the filename need be typed (with .html extension and case-sensitive spelling).
Import>C:\Users\username\Documents\HyperSearch\Imports\bookmarks_m_d_yyyy.html
_NOTE: When importing from Chrome you will have the option to add the bookmarks to the exisiting repository or replace the existing repository with the bookmarks. If you choose to replac
