# Contextual

> Contextual – Right-click search, your way! Highlight text and search it with your custom engines via a nested right-click menu.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/contextual](https://chrome-stats.com/d/contextual)

## Overview

- **ID:** `contextual`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** londonbrown
- **Category:** search-tools,bookmarks,tabs
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-02-25
- **First published:** 2025-02-25
- **Size:** 221 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/contextual/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/londonbrown/contextual/issues](https://github.com/londonbrown/contextual/issues)

## Description

<strong>Search smarter, not harder!</strong>

<strong>Contextual</strong> lets you highlight text, right-click, and instantly search using your own custom search engines. No more copy-pasting—just highlight, right-click, and search wherever you need.

<strong>⭐ Features:</strong>

🔹 Custom search engines – Add and manage your own search URLs
🔹 Instant right-click search – Highlight text, right-click, and search in one click
🔹 Works anywhere – Google, Wikipedia, Stack Overflow, or any site you choose
🔹 Import &amp; export settings – Easily back up and share your search engines

<strong>🔧 How to Use:</strong>

1️⃣ Import or add engines in the <strong>Options</strong> menu (See <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/8773903853b4fcc81f00ac92f2ff609dbd0f08414bd08b03941428e50b5c9c26/https%3A//github.com/londonbrown/contextual/tree/main/examples" rel="nofollow">examples</a>)
2️⃣ Highlight any text on a webpage
3️⃣ Right-click and select <strong>Contextual</strong>
4️⃣ Choose your preferred search engine and go!

💡<strong>Power users:</strong> Add custom search engines like developer tools, academic databases, or work-related portals.

Install <strong>Contextual</strong> today and make searching effortless!

## Rankings

- #40,664 — Overall
- #81 — context menu

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/contextual)