Web Search for Houdini

When it comes to learning Houdini, the internet is your best friend!

Use this UI popup to search Google for some python documentation, YouTube for a video tutorial, or the SideFx forums for your favorite threads. Your search will appear in a new web browser tab.

Installation:

Copy Search_Tool.shelf to the toolbar directory in your Houdini user preferences folder.

For example, on Windows: C:\Users\Primary User\Documents\houdini19.5\toolbar

You should now see "Web Search" as an available shelf in the "Add Shelf" drop down.

Shortcuts:

Once you've installed the tool in your user preferences, you can assign it a hotkey. I use "shift+space"

When the search popup is active, you can use "Tab" to cycle between the different search engines.

Tested on Windows 10, Houdini 19.5.