forward category to engine without highlighting on the ui

searx/engines/findx.py

@@ -33,12 +33,8 @@ type_map = {
 
 
 def request(query, params):
-    category = 'general'
-    if 'category' in params and len(params['category']) == 1:
-        category = params['category'][0]
-
     params['url'] = search_url.format(
-        category=type_map[category],
+        category=type_map[params['category']],
         q=urlencode({
             'q': query,
             'page': params['pageno']

searx/query.py

@@ -107,14 +107,21 @@ class RawTextQuery(object):
                 # check if prefix is equal with engine shortcut
                 if prefix in engine_shortcuts:
                     parse_next = True
-                    self.engines.append({'category': 'none',
-                                         'name': engine_shortcuts[prefix]})
+                    engine_name = engine_shortcuts[prefix]
+                    if engine_name in engines:
+                        for engine_category in engines[engine_name].categories:
+                            self.engines.append({'category': engine_category,
+                                                 'name': engine_name,
+                                                 'from_bang': True})
 
                 # check if prefix is equal with engine name
                 elif prefix in engines:
                     parse_next = True
-                    self.engines.append({'category': 'none',
-                                         'name': prefix})
+                    if prefix in engines:
+                        for engine_category in engines[engine_name].categories:
+                            self.engines.append({'category': engine_category,
+                                                 'name': engine_name,
+                                                 'from_bang': True})
 
                 # check if prefix is equal with categorie name
                 elif prefix in categories:

searx/search.py

@@ -258,8 +258,13 @@ def get_search_query_from_webapp(preferences, form):
     # if engines are calculated from query,
     # set categories by using that informations
     if query_engines and raw_text_query.specific:
-        query_categories = list(set(engine['category']
-                                    for engine in query_engines))
+        additional_categories = set()
+        for engine in query_engines:
+            if 'from_bang' in engine and engine['from_bang']:
+                additional_categories.add('none')
+            else:
+                additional_categories.add(engine['category'])
+        query_categories = list(additional_categories)
 
     # otherwise, using defined categories to
     # calculate which engines should be used