PopUp Search

This extension shows search result for the selected word in a popup window

PopUp Search

Extension stats

By: wirdil
Users: 77
Rating: 2.50
(2)
Version: 0.9.1 (Last updated: 2016-10-29)
Creation date: 2016-10-29
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Size: 11.85K

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Extension summary

Just hit Ctrl key, select the text on a page and the search results containing selected words will immediately show up in a popup window.

Before you start using this app, go to the options and change the search template. The "%s" string will be replaced with selected words.

Remember that this extension does't work with every search engine.

Source code: https://github.com/wirdil5/poupsearch

User reviews

Just doesn't work.
by Vitaliy Poteshkin, 2017-12-12

Very useful, but the popup should be resized since it doesn't displays the entire google page Edit: you can fix it by changing the user-agent to Android (for google domain), using the user agent changer extension
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Extension safety

Risk impact

PopUp Search requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

PopUp Search may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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