Selection Search

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.
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Stats
By: Per
Users: 279 ▼ -4
Rating: 4.73 (30)
Version: 0.8.64.1 (Last updated: 2023-07-23)
Creation date: 2018-11-11
Weekly download count: 8
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • notifications
  • clipboardWrite
  • tabs
  • <all_urls>
Size: 168.59K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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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 John, 2024-03-29

by John, 2024-03-29

by John, 2024-03-29
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Safety
Risk impact

Selection Search is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Selection Search if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Selection Search is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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