# Hyper Drag

> Drag the selection and search. Image Search, Download.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hyper-drag`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** hyperT
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1,447
- **Weekly downloads:** 8
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (49 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.9
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-10
- **First published:** 2017-11-22
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hyper-drag/)

## Description

Hyper Drag is a powerful Chrome extension designed to streamline your browsing experience by allowing you to drag and drop selected text or images to instantly search using your preferred search engines. When you drag and drop text or images within your browser, Hyper Drag performs searches on search engines or Google image search depending on your actions. The extension supports convenient features such as copying link URLs, quick image saving following your browser's save preferences, and customizable tab opening and focusing behavior. It also includes intelligent URL detection and adapts to your default search engine settings, enhancing usability. Hyper Drag is perfect for users who want to boost productivity and search precision with minimal effort, providing seamless integration with Chrome and Firefox browsers as of recent updates.

## Rankings

- #2,697 — Overall
- #249 — Tabs
- #318 — Search Tools
- #2 — drag
- #72 — changelog
- #119 — string

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `downloads`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `notifications`
- `search`

### 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 praise Hyper Drag for being very convenient, easy to use, and productive, with many long-time users calling it a must-have. The extension is reliable and flexible, offering a broad drag-and-search workflow that works well in many contexts. However, multiple reviews report site-specific compatibility problems, causing unexpected behavior on certain pages. There are also issues with search actions not triggering consistently (sometimes opening a new tab instead of performing searches) and occasional bugs like active-tab behavior. Requests include custom search engines and per-domain options.

### Pros

- Very convenient and increases productivity.
- Reliable and a long-time favorite among users.
- Flexible and useful drag-and-search functionality.
- Generally works well for opening links and text searches across sites.

### Cons

- Site compatibility issues on some websites causing misbehavior.
- Inconsistent drag/search behavior, sometimes opening a new tab instead of triggering the search.
- Some reports of Google search not working across sites.
- Bugs like active-tab opening when it should return to the source tab.

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