Adds keyboard hotkeys for opening a search of highlighted text in your favourite search engine in a new tab. This is a more…
What is Highlighted text search?
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
Creation date: 2023-06-21
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
Size: 319.49K
Email: yi*****@gmail.com
Other platforms
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Chrome extensions?
Install
Chrome-Stats extension
to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Chrome Web Store.
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.
Upgrade to see risk analysis details
Similar extensions
Here are some Chrome extensions that are similar to Highlighted text search:
Right-click Search Search selected text with Google in new Tab Custom Right-Click Menu Highlight google search result text Highlighty: Search, Find, Multi Highlight Advanced search on selected text Right Click Search Open Tabs Next to Current Easy Highlight - Automatic Keyword Highlight Context Menu Search Pro Search Highlighter Close Duplicate Tabs
Scitodate
5.00
374
Tony S
5.00
86
awsdfgvhbjn.dev
3.93
5,000+
Zudwa
3.00
66
https://www.highlighty.app
4.26
10,000+
LisL
4.35
1,000+
Useful Extensions
N/A
240
Sebastian Blask
4.26
10,000+
https://easyhighlight.xtcodetech.com
3.13
5,000+
https://chromeapps.site
5.00
76
Yubi
2.86
3,000+
Robert Graham
1.00
61