ResearchWheel: Fast Research & Citations

Research Wheel a middle-click radial gesture menu and side panel built specifically for web research, citations, and rapid note-taking!

Created and developed by Janis Flury (aka Frog1230).

• 🌐 Portfolio:
• Frog1230 Portfolio
• 💻 Source Code:
• GitHub Repository
• More Of My Work:
• MindShield 
• Content Chef 
• Remind Me

 Key Features & Gestures

Simply hold the middle mouse button anywhere on a page to summon a sleek, dark mode radial menu directly under your cursor.

Action Map:

• 🎓 Scholar Search (NORTH): Launches a Google Scholar search using your highlighted text (or webpage title if no text is selected).
• 🧬 PubMed (NORTH-EAST): Launches a PubMed search using your highlight or title.
• 📝 Append Note (EAST): Clips selected text directly to your Workspace sidebar as a general research note.
• 📜 Citation (SOUTH-EAST): Formats, saves, and copies a citation of the page using your active style preference (APA, MLA, Chicago, or BibTeX).
• 📂 Workspace (SOUTH): Commands the background script to open the sidebar. If Gecko blocking policies restrict programmatic opening, a page-level toast prompts you to use the shortcut.
• 🌐 Translate (SOUTH-WEST): Translates the leading text containers on the webpage in-place using translation engines.
• 🔗 Title + URL (WEST): Copies a clean markdown hyperlink [Page Title](URL) directly to your clipboard.
• 📋 Quote + Source (NORTH-WEST): Copies and saves highlighted text as a blockquote along with its markdown-formatted source attribution.

Why ResearchWheel?

• Preserves Native Autoscroll: Quick middle clicks (<150ms) still trigger your browser's native middle click autoscroll normally.
• Frictionless Navigation: Page scrolling automatically locks during gestures, and your cursor transforms into a smooth pointer.
• Isolated Shadow DOM UI: Encapsulated styling ensures web page stylesheets never break the radial menu layout.
• 100% Private: Operates entirely on your device with zero data collection, analytics, or external tracking.

 Privacy Policy

• Privacy First: ResearchWheel operates entirely on your local device. This extension does not transmit, collect, store, or sell any of your personal data or browsing activity.

 Disclaimer

The software is provided "as is" the developer is not liable for any issues that might be caused.