# Quick Search - Selection Text

> The purpose of this add-on is simple. It provides the ability to perform a search on different search engines based on the highlighted text

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/quick-search-selection-text](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quick-search-selection-text)

## Overview

- **ID:** `quick-search-selection-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ferdose
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,tabs
- **Daily users:** 7
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-09-04
- **First published:** 2020-09-03
- **Size:** 108 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/quick-search-selection-text/)

## Description

Quick Search - Selection Text is a Firefox add-on that allows you to perform search queries on various search engines by highlighting the text on a web page and conveniently using the right-click menu. It supports popular search engines like Google, Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Bing, and LinuxConfig.org.

## Rankings

- #38,642 — Overall
- #67 — selection
- #187 — purpose
- #201 — performance
- #203 — quick

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quick-search-selection-text)