PluginStatsgoogle-search installs statistics
By Kamesh Kotwani · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Google your doubts, errors and confusions!
google-search has 146,262 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1888 of 2,502 tracked listings.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 11 ratings
About google-search
Google Search
A Simple Extension for VSCode to search easily using Google
If you use bing, I have an extension for that too!
What is does:
Well, if you are stuck in some confusion about what this or that line or this function does, then you can simply select the function or line you want and vola! you'll get instant search results for that query in your default web-browser without needing to type or copy the whole thing up!
How it works!
Simply select the word or function you want to search, then right click and click on Google this in drop-down menu.
See it in Action
when you select the text and right click you'll see Google this in your drop-down menu
How it opens in browser
If you encounter any issues, please let me know here
This extension was made possible by Ciprian Burca
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Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kameshkotwani.google-search. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 22, 2026. See the methodology.