Selection Search

Selection Search

Search for the selected text in search engines

What is Selection Search?
'Selection Search' is a Chrome extension designed to streamline your browsing experience. After text selection, simply left click to choose a search engine you prefer. The tool grants you customization flexibility to personalize the menu look and decide which mouse button activates the menu. You are also in control of your desirable search engines and many other settings. Regardless of warnings about data access, be assured, your data is safe and is only used to facilitate the smooth running of the extension. Frequent updates maintain its functionality, and users can contribute to the project through donations or by reporting issues.
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By: Pitmairen
Users: 30,000+
Rating: 4.66 (518)
Version: 0.8.64 (Last updated: 2023-06-28)
Creation date: 2020-05-01
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • notifications
  • clipboardWrite
  • tabs
Size: 157.70K
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Selection Search (v0.8.64.1)
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Summary

With this extension you can easily search for text you have selected. When some text is selected you can left click the selected text to get a popup where you can choose a search engine to search with.

In the options page you can customize the look of the menu, which mouse button that should activate the menu, which search engines to show, and a lot of other things.


When you install this extension you will get a warning that this extension can:

"Access your data on all websites."

This is needed because the code for the popup-menu needs to be added to every website for it to work.


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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Highly customizable
  • Great for language learning
  • Useful for looking up information on multiple sites at once
  • Works flawlessly
  • Very handy for searching specific topics
Cons
  • Limited instructions for adding search engines
  • Issues with display in Brave Browser
  • Security concern with popup opening during password entry
  • Bug in the search function
Most mentioned
  • Highly customizable
  • Language learning
  • Brave Browser display issues
  • Security concerns
  • Search functionality bug
Recent reviews
Incredibly useful! And unlike other similar extensions, this one offers submenus (plus other methods of selecting an engine besides context menu).

must have honestly,
by Tomas Karlsson Tomas Karlsson, 2023-06-21

All in one web searcher: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/enofjgiadilpmldfknojklfjbeaooiap Search All: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/search-all/kpdkbemdpepjjppbfgeapjienologapa
by caua machado 51 caua machado 51, 2024-03-28
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Safety
Risk impact

Selection Search is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Selection Search if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

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

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