# Fire Drag

> Provide drag-and-drop utilities for texts and links

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `fire-drag`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Eric Tsang
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,other,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2,977
- **Weekly downloads:** 9
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (138 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.9
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-10
- **First published:** 2015-10-05
- **Size:** 488 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fire-drag/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/erictsangx/fire-drag](https://github.com/erictsangx/fire-drag)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fire-drag/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fire-drag/privacy/)

## Description

Fire Drag is a versatile Chrome extension designed to improve your browsing experience through intuitive drag-and-drop functions. It enables users to drag texts for searching in foreground or background tabs, drag links and images to open them seamlessly, and customize their preferred search engine for personalized use. Additionally, users can disable the drag feature on selected websites to tailor functionality to their preferences. Simple to use and effective, Fire Drag streamlines interactions with web content, saving time and boosting productivity.

After installation, a webpage reload is recommended to activate all features. Fire Drag's source code is openly available on GitHub, emphasizing transparency and community collaboration. The extension supports users aiming for a more efficient and customizable web navigation experience.

## Rankings

- #1,689 — Overall
- #137 — Tabs
- #193 — Search Tools
- #254 — Other extensions
- #273 — Appearance
- #1 — drag

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users consistently praise Fire Drag’s simple, reliable drag-to-open-tab functionality and its configurability. Main problems reported by multiple users are breakage after a recent Firefox update (FF129/latest), the options/settings page failing to load, and regressions in how dragged links open (background vs adjacent/new tab), which prevent expected behavior and configuration.

### Pros

- Core drag-to-open-links functionality works and is exactly what many users need (opens links into new tabs when dragged).
- Simple, intuitive and reliable — several users report long-term satisfaction and ease of use.
- Provides configurable behavior (e.g., background vs adjacent tabs and search URL customization), which users appreciate when accessible.

### Cons

- Stopped working for multiple users after a recent Firefox update (reports mention FF129 / latest Firefox).
- Options/settings page fails to load for several users, preventing configuration of the add-on.
- Regression in tab-opening behavior: links sometimes open in the background or no longer open in an adjacent/new tab as expected.

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