Highlighted text search
Adds keyboard hotkeys for opening a search of highlighted text in your favourite search engine in a new tab. This is a more…
Highlighted Text Search - Chrome Extension
Highlighted Text Search is a Chrome extension that adds keyboard hotkeys for opening a search of highlighted text in your favorite search engine in a new tab. It provides a more efficient way of searching compared to the traditional right-click method. Customize hotkeys, search engine, and choose to open tabs in the foreground or background.
Extension stats
By: yiftah.cooper
Risk impact: Low risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- storage
- contextMenus
Size: 319.49K
Email: yi*****@gmail.com
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Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary
Adds keyboard hotkeys for opening a search of highlighted text in your favourite search engine in a new tab. This is a more efficient way than the usual highlight text> right click> find the Search for____ option in the context menu. Option to open the tab in the background or the foreground. The search engine and the hotkeys are both customizable. There's also a context menu item for background searching.
Extension safety
Risk impact
Highlighted text search requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Highlighted text search has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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