Version 1.2.17 adds new controls for choosing how SearchLens appears on YouTube search pages.

What’s new:

• Added an option to show or hide the floating SearchLens button
• Added an option to open the full filter panel after searches started from the extension popup
• Added an option to open the full panel automatically on every YouTube search
• Preserved the default unobtrusive behavior, where only the floating launcher appears on normal searches
• Improved persistence of display preferences
• Improved launcher and panel behavior across subsequent YouTube searches
• General interface and reliability improvements

Version 1.2.11 improves SearchLens cleanup and compatibility with newer YouTube search layouts.

What’s new:

• Added a Focused Search Layout option
• Improved hiding of Shorts and Shorts shelves
• Improved hiding of playlists, mixes, channel cards, recommendation shelves, sponsored results, surveys, and promotional sections
• Added options to hide the YouTube sidebar, filter chips, description snippets, and result action menus
• Improved support for newer YouTube result components
• Improved filtering and sorting consistency across different search-result layouts
• General interface and reliability improvements