# SelectON — selection popup. Copy & search

> Customizable popup with actions on text selection, just like in Opera browser

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `selection-actions`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** emvaized
- **Category:** search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 527
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Rating:** 4.78 / 5 (55 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.9.93
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-22
- **First published:** 2021-02-15
- **Size:** 161 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selection-actions/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/emvaized/selecton-extension/](https://github.com/emvaized/selecton-extension/)

## Description

SelectON is a versatile Chrome extension that enhances your text selection experience with a popup menu similar to Opera browser. It lets you copy or search text instantly, convert currencies (including cryptos), and convert units between metric and imperial systems.

The extension intelligently adapts its contextual buttons based on the selected text, providing options such as opening links, translating text with live hover previews, showing locations on maps, and previewing CSS colors. Additional features include smart word snapping to avoid missing characters, customizable tooltip appearance and selection colors, selection handles for quick edits, dictionary lookups from Wikipedia, text highlighting, and instant counts of words and symbols.

SelectON values user privacy by not collecting or sharing any personal data and remains open-source. It supports efficient, intuitive, and privacy-conscious text interactions for all your browsing needs.

## Rankings

- #4,845 — Overall
- #11 — selection
- #33 — popup
- #44 — sell
- #62 — section
- #131 — definition

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `notifications`
- `clipboardRead`

### Host permissions

- `https://translate.googleapis.com/*`
- `https://api.exchangerate.host/*`
- `https://min-api.cryptocompare.com/data/*`
- `https://*.wikipedia.org/w/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high 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/selection-actions)