Selection Context Search

- Right click on a selected text and choose the search website from the popup window or the context menu - Edit the website list in Add-on Options page or by using the Bookmarks - Unlimited depth of nested folders in the context menu

What is Selection Context Search?

Selection Context Search is a comprehensive Firefox add-on enabling users to easily search selected text through a right-click context menu. Users can edit the list of search websites via the Add-on Options page or bookmarks, with an option to import or export the list. Advanced search capabilities such as reverse image search, page translation, and domain search are also featured in this add-on. The search page can open in new or current tabs or a new window.

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Add-on stats

By: ContainersOnTheGo

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Users: 1,327 ▲ 6

Rating: 4.28 (160)

Version: 5.19 (Last updated: 2019-12-06)

Creation date: 2017-09-01

Weekly download count: 15

Firefox on Android: Yes

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
alarms
bookmarks
cookies
contextMenus
storage
tabs
unlimitedStorage

Size: 39.48K

Ranking

# 2634 ▼ 15

Other rankings

#91 in Bookmarks

#312 in Search Tools ▼ 2

#7 in selection keyword 26

#16 in collection keyword 13

#26 in context menu keyword 22

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Add-on summary

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Summary:

Right click on a selected text and choose the search website from the context menu
The website list is edited in the Add-on Options page. The list can include bookmark folders.
Unlimited depth of nested folders in the context menu
Export or Import the website list
Optional use of placeholders
The add-on can do advanced searches such as: reverse image search, page translation and current domain search

The search websites can be added by using three methods:

Go to the search page, right-click on the field where you type the search keywords and choose "Add search page" from the context menu.
Search websites can be added manually in the Add-on Options page. By default the selected text is appended to the website address. Optionally, a placeholder can be used to specify where in the address to insert the selected text.
Search websites can also be added by using a folder named "Search" from the Firefox Bookmarks Menu. To use this method:
- Create a folder named "Search" in Firefox Bookmarks Menu
- Go to the search website you want to add and right click on the field where you type the text you want to search
- A context menu will be displayed then choose "Add a Keyword for this Search..."
- A window will be displayed then choose to save the bookmark in the "Search" folder then choose a unique keyword
- Optionally the bookmark can be created in sub-folders of "Search" folder

Both lists are combined and shown in the context menu when right click on a selected text. The Options page list is shown first, then the Bookmarks list.

The search page can open in: a new tab, a background tab, the current tab or in a new window.

The following features are requested by users but cannot be implemented due to technical limitations:

Move the sub-menu higher in the context menu
Add websites in the main context menu, not only in the sub-menu
Favorite icons for websites in the context menu are available starting with Firefox 56

You can add an additional search website directly in the context menu, not in a sub-menu, by using the "Selection Context Search - mini #1", "Selection Context Search - mini #2" or "Selection Context Search - mini #3" add-ons.

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