Quick Search

Search selected text quickly on Google, Wikipedia, Twitter or Amazon by hitting a key on your keyboard.
What is Quick Search?
'Quick Search' is a dedicated Chrome extension designed to expedite web browsing by allowing you to quickly search highlighted text on Google, Wikipedia, Twitter, or Amazon simply by pressing a combination of keys. You can customize the shortcuts, temporarily disable the extension, and confidently use the service knowing it respects your data privacy. The source code is freely accessible on GitHub.

Extension stats

Users: 878 ▲ 23
Rating: 3.67 (9)
Version: 2.0.2 (Last updated: 2022-05-08)
Creation date: 2017-05-28
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
Size: 10.53K

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

Select a text and hit:

  • Alt+S to search on Google

  • Alt+W to search on Wikipedia

  • Alt+T to search on Twitter

  • Alt+A to search on Amazon

  • You can change the shortcuts. Use "Keyboard shortcuts" in the Chrome extension settings to do that.

  • Click on the extension icon to enable / disable the extension temporarily.

  • Google Translate search is removed in Version 2.0, due to Chrome's maximum shortcut limit of 4. It will be added soon with the context menu search feature.

  • Customizing the websites to search will be possible with the options feature in the next version.

  • This extension does not mess with your data. You can view the full source code of this extension at GitHub: https://github.com/serd/quick-search

User reviews

Works well with newer logitech mouse that do not have one-click-search option.
by Fanis Skoulatos, 2021-02-11

I've been looking for this app more than year! Thanks!

gayet harika
by ahmet dur, 2016-08-25
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Quick Search does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Quick Search has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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