Selection Search

Name: Selection Search
Rating: 4.665441176470588 (544 reviews)
Author: Pitmairen

Search for the selected text in search engines

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Selection Search is a Chrome extension designed to streamline your browsing by allowing you to quickly search any selected text. With just a click on the selected text, a popup menu appears letting you choose from various customizable search engines. You can personalize the menu’s appearance, mouse activation button, and the specific search engines available to tailor the experience to your preferences.

This extension integrates seamlessly by injecting its popup code into every webpage, ensuring smooth functionality. It supports enhanced features like opening searches in new tabs or windows, customizing toolbar CSS, and managing complex search engine configurations. Regular updates address bugs and improve performance, with source code openly available for community contributions. A perfect tool for users seeking fast and flexible ways to search directly from any website text.

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By:

Pitmairen

Users:

30,000+

Rating:

4.67

(544)

Version:

0.9.6 Last updated: 2025-02-26

Creation date:

2020-05-01

Risk:

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage
notifications
clipboardWrite
tabs
offscreen

Host permissions:

https://s2.googleusercontent.com/s2/favicons*

Size:

172.03K

Email:

pr*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 4,153 ▼ 86

Other rankings

#199 in Tools

#10 in selection keyword 25

#19 in search keyword 60 ▼ 9

#20 in default search keyword 40

#29 in search box keyword 16

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Other platforms

Selection Search (v0.9.6.1)

314 4.76

(34)

Selection Search (v0.8.64)

7,527+ 4.60

(12)

User reviews

Selection Search is a highly customizable and reliable Chrome extension widely praised for its productivity and advanced features. Long-term users appreciate its lightweight nature and the developer's commitment to updates. However, common issues reported include inconsistent icon display, popup menu glitches, and minor performance impacts. Users have also noted problems with backup import in Edge and have requested UI improvements. Despite these drawbacks, it remains one of the top extensions for custom search engine management.

Pros

Highly customizable with a variety of options for adding and managing search engines.
Reliable and productive, used and loved by many users for several years.
Supports advanced features like POST request custom search, which is rare among similar extensions.
Lightweight and efficient, providing a simple and effective user experience.
Developer is responsive and actively fixes bugs and updates the extension consistently.

Cons

Occasional issues with search engine icons not displaying properly, especially after updates.
Popup menu behavior can be inconsistent, sometimes requiring multiple clicks to activate or not showing at all.
Recent versions have caused performance issues like increased resource usage and tab activity.
Backup import functionality does not work properly in some browsers like Microsoft Edge.
Some UI elements like buttons or popup position are hard to see or interfere with other browser UI, and users want more control over their appearance and placement.

Recent reviews

Backup import doesn't work in Edge 134.0.3124.72 (Official build) (64-bit). :-(

Károly Baksa, 2025-03-17

Used for over 10 years now. It's been around for so long and I became so accustomed to it that I even forgot that it's a separate plugin. Thanks for you work.

Alex A. Davronov, 2025-03-05

Hello, it seems that the function that only displays icons cannot be turned on and off normally, so I can no longer arrange search icons horizontally.

蘇修民, 2025-02-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Selection Search requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

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