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Selection Search by Per

Search for the selected text in search engines

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4.7 (36 reviews)4.7 (36 reviews)
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Select some text and left click (customizable) the selection search to open the popupThe style of the popup can be changedThe search engines can also be added to the context menuThere is also an option to show the search engines by clicking the toolbar iconA lot of options can be customized on the options page
About this extension
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)
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Required permissions:

  • Input data to the clipboard
  • Display notifications to you
  • Access browser tabs
  • Access your data for all websites

Optional permissions:

  • Access your data for s2.googleusercontent.com
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Version
0.9.8.1
Size
172.49 KB
Last updated
a month ago (Jul 20, 2025)
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License
GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Release notes for 0.9.8.1
  • Add support for icons in the right click context menu
  • Fix issue where the items and the order of items in the right click context menu could get messed up in some cases after updating the settings.
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