AnkiWeb addon 458766448
Selecting a word or phrase on a card pops up floating icons that open YouTube, Google Images, Google, or custom website searches in the browser.
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Adds a reviewer right-click menu to search selected card text on Google Images, Reverso Context, WordReference, Google Translate, Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and Cambridge Dictionary, opening results in the browser.
Pronounces highlighted words or phrases during Anki reviews using Merriam-Webster and Google TTS across 27 languages, triggered by a floating button, hotkey, or automatic playback.
Looks up definitions of selected words and phrases during review via the macOS dictionary, opened with Cmd+D instead of a context menu.
Integrates with GoldenDict to look up words across EPWING dictionaries, Jisho, Google Images, and Anki collections, send definitions to Anki, and auto-paste media or text into card fields via hotkey.
Adds hoverable Wikipedia tooltips with definitions and images to underlined terms in flashcards during review, with configurable language, appearance, class targeting, and blocked-word lists.
Enables fast cropping, rotating, flipping, annotating, and drawing on images directly within Ankiβs note editor, with shortcut access, aspect-ratio presets, and multilingual support.
Click a word on a card and small YouTube, Google Images and Google icons appear right next to it. One click opens the search in your browser.
Handy when a card needs a picture or a real-world example: click the word, click the icon, done. Any other website can be added in the settings, with its own icon.
Dragging across a whole phrase works too. Esc, scrolling, or clicking somewhere else makes the icons go away.
Prefer the old way? The same searches are also in the right-click menu, under Context Search (YouTube & Google Images).
m key)Nothing shows up until there is actually a selection, so it stays out of your way while you study. Both the icons and the menu can be switched off separately in the config.
{{c1::word}} is searched as word[sound:...] tags are removedTools > Context Search (YouTube & Google Images)..., or the Config button next to the add-on in Tools > Add-ons.
Add any website you like. Give it a name, paste the search URL with {query} where the word belongs, pick an icon, and hit Test to try it once before saving:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search={query}
For icons you can use a built-in logo (YouTube, Google, Google Images, magnifying glass), a letter or emoji badge, or your own image file. Searches can be ticked, reordered and removed from the list.
You can also turn the floating icons off, choose whether they appear on a single click or only when you select text yourself, change the icon size, control the right-click menu per screen, and adjust how the selected text is cleaned up.
Google definitions, Forvo and YouGlish are already written in - just tick them.
Source code, bug reports and feature requests: https://github.com/Nikhilsinha666/anki-context-search
ο»Ώ# Quick Bubble Search (Google & YouTube)
An Anki add-on. Double-click a word on a flashcard and small YouTube, Google Images and Google icons appear right next to it. One click opens the search in your browser. Any other website can be added from the settings.
Two ways to use it:
m key).Both only show up when there is actually a selection, so nothing gets in your way while you study. Either one can be switched off in the config.
From AnkiWeb (recommended)
Tools > Add-ons > Get Add-ons... and paste the code 458766448, or open the
add-on page.
From a release file
Download context_search.ankiaddon from the
releases page,
then double-click it, or use Tools > Add-ons > Install from file....
From source
Tools > Add-ons > View Files - this opens .../Anki2/addons21.context_search folder into it.Icons
Dragging across a phrase works too. Esc, scrolling, or clicking somewhere else
dismisses the icons.
Right-click
Quick Bubble Search (Google & YouTube) > YouTube: "..." or the
Google Images: "..." entry next to it.That submenu is named after the add-on. Shorten it with submenu_label in the
config if it takes up too much room.
The search opens in your normal web browser.
The selection is tidied up before searching: {{c1::word}} is searched as
word, [sound:...] tags are dropped, line breaks collapse into spaces, and
surrounding quotes, brackets and commas are trimmed.
Tools > Quick Bubble Search (Google & YouTube)..., or the Config button
next to the add-on in Tools > Add-ons.
Searches tab - tick the ones you want, reorder them, and add any website with Add...: a name, the search URL, and an icon. Test runs the search once so you can check the URL before saving.
Behaviour tab - turn the floating icons off, let a single click select a word as well (off by default, so only a double-click or a drag selects), set the icon size, control the right-click menu per screen, and adjust how the selected text is cleaned up.
Saving applies everything immediately, icons included.
Put a placeholder where the selected word goes:
| Placeholder | Encoding | Example |
|---|---|---|
{query} |
query string, spaces become + |
?q={query} |
{query_path} |
path segment, spaces become %20 |
/word/{query_path}/ |
{query_raw} |
no encoding | special cases |
Without a placeholder the encoded word is appended to the end of the URL.
A built-in logo (YouTube, Google, Google Images, magnifying glass), a letter or
emoji badge, or your own image file. Chosen images are copied into
user_files/icons/, which survives add-on updates.
Google definitions, Forvo and YouGlish ship pre-written but unticked. Every
config key is documented in
context_search/config.md for anyone who prefers
editing config.json directly.
context_search/ the add-on itself
__init__.py hooks, config and search logic
settings.py the settings dialog
web/ctxsearch.js the floating icon bubble (injected into the card webview)
config.json default settings
config.md reference for the config keys
manifest.json package id, name, version
user_files/icons/ images added through the settings (not in git)
tools/check_addon.py package sanity checks (no Anki needed)
build.ps1 builds dist/context_search.ankiaddon
docs/ AnkiWeb description + publishing steps
screenshots/ images linked from the AnkiWeb page
python tools\check_addon.py # validate the package
.\build.ps1 # build dist\context_search.ankiaddon
How it works: webview_will_set_content injects web/ctxsearch.js plus a JSON
config into the card webview, and the bubble is built inside a shadow root so
note styling cannot reach it. Clicking an icon sends ctxsearch:<index>:<text>
through pycmd, which webview_did_receive_js_message picks up. The right-click
entries come from webview_will_show_context_menu,
editor_will_show_context_menu and reviewer_will_show_context_menu, reading
the selection with selectedText(). Either way the URL is opened with
aqt.utils.openLink. Nothing is sent anywhere else.
Publishing steps live in docs/publishing.md.
MIT - see LICENSE.