What is Hitkey?

Hitkey is a Chrome extension developed by Eiji Muroichi, and its main feature is "Hit a key and Search.".

Extension Screenshots

Download Hitkey Extension CRX File

Download Hitkey extension files in crx format, manually install Chrome extensions in the browser, or share the crx files with friends to easily install Chrome extensions.

Extension Usage Instructions

Feb.17, 2013
Updated to version 2.0.0
- Sync your setting with Google account
- Improved UI
- Bug fix

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Google Chrome extension for the fastest web surfing.
Select any texts on a webpage then hit a configured key. New tab will open with the search results page by selected words. You can configure up to 10 keys for your favorite search engines.

Default setting:
g - Google
m - Google map
w - wikipedia
a - amazon.com
y - yelp.com

*This extension doesn't work If website you accessed already implements keyboard interaction, or the page used frame or iframe.
*It may not work if you already install extensions which uses keyboard event.

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To customize the setting, go to Preference>Extension>Hitkey Option, then paste a URL includes "{query}".

Configuration samples:

- Gmail
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/{query}

- Amazon.co.jp
http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/field-keywords={query}

- Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/search/{query}

- Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/search.php?q={query}

- ALC Web (English - Japanese dictionary)
http://eow.alc.co.jp/{query}/UTF-8/?ref=sa

- Google translate
http://translate.google.com/?text={query}

Extension Basic Information

Name	Hitkey
ID	iojnhefcmdplbcjelkbnfhgbdpdmjjln
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hitkey/iojnhefcmdplbcjelkbnfhgbdpdmjjln
Description	Hit a key and Search.
File Size	48.04 KB
Installation Count	118
Current Version	2.0.1
Last Updated	2013-02-20
Publish Date	2013-02-19
Rating	4.90/5 Total 10 Ratings
Developer	Eiji Muroichi
Payment Type	free
Supported Languages	en
manifest.json
{ "update_url": "http:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx", "name": "Hitkey", "manifest_version": 2, "version": "2.0.1", "description": "Hit a key and Search.", "icons": { "16": "icon_16.png", "48": "icon_48.png", "128": "icon_128.png" }, "background": { "scripts": [ "background.js" ], "persistent": true }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "js": [ "content_script.js" ], "run_at": "document_idle", "all_frames": true } ], "homepage_url": "http:\/\/goo.gl\/KoliQ", "options_page": "options.html", "permissions": [ "", "storage" ] }