[This is related to the ongoing discussion here: Developing a 🔌 browser plugin for SuttaCentral?. General discussion of potential new plugin/extension features can be had there. Eventually the plugin below will probably be merged into a larger plugin]
The above Firefox/Chrome plugin will allow you to type sutta names, citations, and search terms right into your browser’s URL bar (aka search bar, awesome bar, omnibox). Click the link above for instructions on how to install. It’s not in either extension marketplace yet since it’s still being developed.
The following is how it will look in FireFox.
In the “omnibox” (aka url bar or search bar) type sc and part of the title of a sutta:
Then arrow down or click on the sutta you want.
Or type a citation:
Or simply type a search string and press enter:
That will take you to the SuttaCentral.net results page:
NOTE!
While this is cool and all, the built in search feature on the SuttaCentral website already provides something very similar. For example, on SutttaCentral.net type the letter s to put your cursor in the search box. Then type sn56.11:
You can see that the sutta you want is the very first result
It also works for sutta titles:
At the moment the native search on SC is better than the plugin because it does not require exact strings (e.g. SN56:11 works on SC but the plugin requires SN56.11)
Still, I’m putting it out there in case it meets someone’s specific needs or inspires ideas for other features. As I said above, This feature will probably get merged into a future general purpose SC extension.
