ContextSearch web-ext

Name: ContextSearch web-ext
Rating: 4.7259 (197 reviews)
Author: Mike B

Select text and search from the context menu or a tiled popup using any of your installed search engines. Add new search engines with a right-click, edit favicons and query strings. POST compatible, simple UI, highly configurable. For FF 57+

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ContextSearch web-ext is a comprehensive Firefox add-on designed for seamless and powerful search capabilities. Compatible with Firefox 57+, it lets you select text and instantly search using any installed search engine via a convenient context menu or a tiled popup interface.

Key features include importing your current search engines, managing them with subfolders and separators, supporting both POST and GET search queries, reverse-image and site search, and quick addition of new search engines through right-click. Customize icons, query parameters, and even create custom OpenSearch engines for the Firefox toolbar. The add-on supports international character sets, offers lite and dark themes, and allows custom CSS styling for menus, enhancing both usability and appearance.

Whether you need enhanced context menu searches or a quick-access popup for multiple engines, ContextSearch web-ext delivers a simple yet highly configurable experience tailored for efficient browsing and searching.

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By:

Mike B

Daily users:

1,599+ 28

Rating:

4.73

(197) 2 new ratings

Version:

1.47.12 Last updated: 2025-03-19

Version code:

5913151

Creation date:

2017-12-01

Risk:

Permissions:

<all_urls>
activeTab
contextMenus
storage
tabs
search
unlimitedStorage
webNavigation

Size:

687.23K

Email:

ss*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 2,376 ▲ 6

Other rankings

#292 in Search Tools ▲ 2

#11 in context menu keyword 23

#36 in concert keyword 5 ▲ 1

#55 in speech to text keyword 35

#79 in web keyword 73

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ContextSearch web-ext (v1.47.12)

30,000+ 4.73

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User reviews

ContextSearch web-ext is widely praised as one of the best search add-ons, highly customizable and feature-packed, effectively replacing older similar extensions. However, multiple users report issues with newer versions, including non-functional features, complicated and buggy preferences interface, and problems with importing or saving search engines. There are also specific bugs affecting Japanese character encodings. Despite these challenges, the add-on remains popular and useful across Firefox and Chrome browsers.

Pros

Highly customizable and flexible for personal preferences
Considered the best or top search add-on by many users
Frequently updated and feature-rich
Replaces other popular but now defunct extensions effectively
Useful across multiple browsers including Firefox and Chrome

Cons

Newer versions have issues such as not working or broken features (e.g., sidebar)
Preferences interface is complicated, buggy, and difficult to customize
Problems saving or importing/exporting custom search engines
Encoding issues with Japanese character sets in versions after v1.46.26
Occasional UI glitches with preferences pane elements appearing as gray blocks

Recent reviews

Absolutley excelent add on can customise it as much as needed and works perfect

by Paulthefox, 2025-05-14

by Steven_Aston, 2025-05-14

A great replacement for the defunct Swift Selection Search

by Den, 2025-04-08

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Extension safety

Risk impact

ContextSearch web-ext requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

ContextSearch web-ext is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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