# Search in Sidebar

> Search text in the sidebar.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-in-sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/search-in-sidebar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `search-in-sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Soushi Atsumi
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 126
- **Weekly downloads:** 4
- **Rating:** 4.31 / 5 (16 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-09
- **First published:** 2018-05-04
- **Size:** 127 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-in-sidebar/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Soushi-Atsumi/Search-in-Sidebar](https://github.com/Soushi-Atsumi/Search-in-Sidebar)

## Description

Search in Sidebar is a lightweight Chrome extension that opens search results in a persistent sidebar so you can search selected text without leaving the current page. Keep results visible while you read, compare, or continue working — no tab switching required.

Key features include setting a fixed search engine, a keyboard shortcut for instant searches, Extended Query and Auto Search modes for flexible automation, and an option to change the user agent for mobile view (note: this affects extension pages). The extension requires no permissions and the source is available on GitHub, making it simple, safe, and privacy-friendly.

## Rankings

- #10,412 — Overall
- #39 — sidebar
- #49 — deepseek sidebar
- #104 — search bar
- #146 — ebay
- #187 — search

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- 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/search-in-sidebar)