# Search-Select

> Shows a popup when text is selected, allowing quick searches on Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and Google.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `search-select`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alan Lienhard
- **Category:** search-tools,language-support
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-06
- **First published:** 2026-03-06
- **Size:** 415 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/search-select/)

## Description

This small extension allows you to select text and enter a search on either Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Google. It has a language detection, adjusting the Wikipedia and Wiktionary search for better results.

## Rankings

- #47,274 — Overall
- #217 — wikipedia

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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-select)