Selection Search

Search for the selected text in search engines
What is Selection Search?
Selection Search is a Firefox add-on that enables easy searching for selected text in websites. It provides various search triggers and allows customization of search engines and preferences.

Add-on stats

By: Per
Users: 316 ▲ 8
Rating: 4.74 (31)
Version: 0.8.64.1 (Last updated: 2023-07-23)
Creation date: 2018-11-11
Weekly download count: 13
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • notifications
  • clipboardWrite
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
Size: 168.59K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Selection Search (v0.9.3)
4.67 (535) 30,000
Selection Search (v0.8.64)
4.50 (11) 7,761
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Add-on summary

With this extension you can easily search for text you have selected in a website. The searches can be triggered from an inline popup, the right click context menu or a toolbar popup.

You can add your own search engines and you can customize a lot of options through the preferences page.

This is the Official Firefox version of the Chrome extension (Selection Search)

User reviews

by baconman, 2024-08-25

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Selection Search requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Selection Search has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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