How to turn a Google CSE into a Wave gadget

Yes, you can make a Wave gadget out of a Google Custom Search Engine!

Here is a little "trick" to embed in a wave (as a regular Wave Gadget) the searchbox of a Google CSE

(Custom Search Engine) :

On the Google CSE main page - let's use as our example this Wave-Watchers CSE that search quality wave-related websites: http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=005710772211955275874:ahfkdo0bs4c - look for the { + Google} button initially purposed to add the CSE searchbox to your iGoogle homepage.

Right-click on this { + Google} button and chose the option to "Copy link address" - in our example the URL linked by this button is: http://fusion.google.com/add?hl=en&moduleurl=http://www.google.com/cse/api/005710772211955275874/cse/ahfkdo0bs4c /gadget

Take only the last part of it - in our example: http://www.google.com/cse/api/005710772211955275874/cse/ahfkdo0bs4c /gadget

That's it!

This last URL, even if it's not a XML file URL, can be used with the "

Add gadget by URL

" green puzzle button - displayed in the menu bar when you are editing a message - to embed your searchbox, both in Google Wave and/or in "Wave in a Box" demo-servers.

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