Patch Browser Global Search Addons

For this example I am going to add a reddit.com option to the global search. Feel free to use whatever site you want -- just make sure to change the names accordingly :)

NOTE Make sure you put all your addons BEFORE twitter, if they are after it will not work properly!!

0. Access Linux, then enable write access:

mount -o remount,rw /

1. Edit the following file: /usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/app/controllers/global-search-assistant.js

Find this code and modify it as such (be sure to use the correct search link):

 this.URLs = {
                'google':$L("www.google.com/m/search?client=ms-palm-webOS&channel=iss&q="),
                'wikipedia':$L("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/"),
                'reddit': $L("http://www.reddit.com/search?q="),
                'twitter': $L("http://search.twitter.com/search?q=")
                

        };

Be sure to note the comma at the end of the line beginning with 'twitter'. URL codes for additional search engines found here.

2. In the same file -- you must also add "$('reddit').removeClassName('selected');" to this function:

 clearSearch: function() {
                if (this.delayShowAppsConatactsTimeout)
                        window.clearTimeout(this.delayShowAppsConatactsTimeout);
                this.currentFilter = "";
                this.searchExplicitlyExpanded = false;
                this.noMatches = false;
                this.hideContactsDiv();
                this.launcherIconsDiv.hide();
                this.dialDiv.hide();
                this.numberDiv.hide();
                this.webDrawer.showWeb =  false ;
                this.controller.modelChanged(this.webDrawer);
                this.expandedSearchDrawer.showExpanded = false;
                this.controller.modelChanged(this.expandedSearchDrawer);
                this.searchApps.clear();
                $('google').removeClassName('selected');
                $('map').removeClassName('selected');
                $('wikipedia').removeClassName('selected');
                $('reddit').removeClassName('selected');
                $('twitter').removeClassName('selected');
                $('web').removeClassName('selected');
                if (this.controller.get('searchterm')) {
                        this.controller.get('searchterm').mojo.setText("");
                        this.controller.get('searchterm').mojo.blur();
                }
                this.gpsInfo = undefined;
        },

3. Edit the following file: /usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/app/views/global-search/expanded-searches-div.html

Modify the code to add a new div:

<div id='expanded_searches_drawer' x-mojo-element="Drawer">
        <div class="palm-row" id="google" name="search-identifier" x-mojo-tap-highlight="persistent">
                <div class="palm-row-wrapper">
                        <div class="search-google"></div>
                </div>
        </div>
        <div class="palm-row" id="map" name="search-identifier" x-mojo-tap-highlight="persistent">
                <div class="palm-row-wrapper">
                        <div class="search-maps"></div>
                </div>
        </div>
        <div class="palm-row" id="wikipedia" name="search-identifier" x-mojo-tap-highlight="persistent">
                <div class="palm-row-wrapper">
                        <div class="search-wikipedia"></div>
                </div>
        </div>
        <div class="palm-row" id="reddit" name="search-identifier" x-mojo-tap-highlight="persistent">
                <div class="palm-row-wrapper">
                        <div class="search-reddit"></div>
                </div>
        </div>
        <div class="palm-row" id="twitter" name="search-identifier" x-mojo-tap-highlight="persistent">
                <div class="palm-row-wrapper">
                        <div class="search-twitter"></div>
                </div>
        </div>
        <div id='web_drawer' x-mojo-element="Drawer">
                <div class="palm-row last" id="web" name="search-identifier" x-mojo-tap-highlight="persistent">
                        <div class="palm-row-wrapper">
                                <div class="title search-url truncating-text" id="webtext">#{filterText}</div>
                        </div>
                </div>
        </div>
</div>

4. Edit the following file: /usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/stylesheets/global-search.css

Add the following class to the css file:

.palm-group.search .search-reddit {
                width: 100%;
                height: 52px;
                background: url(../images/search-reddit.png) center center no-repeat;
}

5. Finally, you need to create a png image (ideally 200x44, but any size up to 300x44 should work) with a transparent background and the logo of your choice. Add it to the path below making sure the name matches the css class, reboot, and enjoy! /usr/lib/luna/system/luna-applauncher/images

6. Remount file system as read-only:

mount -o remount,ro /	

7. Disconnect and reboot your Pre with Orange-Sym-R

Here is the image I used:

(See all available 'universal search' images and search links.)

And here is the end result!