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Welcome to the SearchBar manual.

This Manual Contains four sections:
SearchBar - MenuBar - Preferences - About

Palette - Engines - Options - Languages

The SearchBar palette:
So, the basic interface of SearchBar is the "SearchBar":


SearchBar v1.3 gui.
Default palette with flags.


But after requests from different users, I have added different modes to the SearchBar, and it can now be used vertically or horizontally (see the Preferences). And it can be set to be big or small (toggle from one to the other by just hitting the zoom box).



SearchBar v1.2 palette in four states. (Horizontally/Vertically, extended/small).


The SearchBar palette in its extended mode contains 5 controls :

- The Engine Dropdown: this is where you select what engine to search (just click and select the engine).
- The Options Dropdown: some engines support multiple options (for example: google supports searching the web, groups, images, news) (it is not visible in the small SearchBar).
- The Languages Dropdown: some engines support multiple languages (for example: google supports search in many different languages and countries) (it is not visible in the small SearchBar).
- The Search Field: this is where you type the text you want to search for (press enter to confirm the search) this also saves your 10 most recent searches.
- The Search Button: you can click this button to start the search (it is not visible in the small SearchBar).


The Small Horizontal SearchBar palette:
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In the small mode, the option and language selected are the same as in the big mode, but the options and languages menus are not displayed. (you can toggle between the big and small SearchBar palettes by clicking the zoom button, right button in the window title bar)


The Vertical SearchBar palette:
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The vertical mode is made so that you can save valuable horizontal space, it displays all the menus vertically, therefore allowing to make the window less wide without losing readability.


The Small Vertical SearchBar palette:
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In the small mode, the option and language selected are the same as in the big mode, but the options and languages menus are not displayed. (you can toggle between the big and small SearchBar palettes by clicking the zoom button, right button in the window title bar)


Engines:
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The Engines menu shows a list of all the available engines. You can customize this list, reorder, remove engines, add separators and set the shortcuts in the preferences.


Options:
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The Options menu provides different options for the different engines.


Languages and Countries:
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The Languages and Countries menu allows you (for certain engines, like Google, eBay and others) to restrict the search to certain languages or countries. The top item in the menu is the engine's default language. Below the default language come the languages, and then the countries.

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