# Selection Context Search

> - Right click on a selected text and choose the search website from the popup window or the context menu - Edit the website list in Add-on Options page or by using the Bookmarks - Unlimited depth of nested folders in the context menu

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `selection-context-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ContainersOnTheGo
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 1,278
- **Weekly downloads:** 16
- **Rating:** 4.28 / 5 (167 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.19
- **Last updated:** 2019-12-06
- **First published:** 2017-09-01
- **Size:** 39 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selection-context-search/)

## Description

Selection Context Search is a versatile Chrome extension that enhances your browsing experience by allowing you to right-click on selected text and instantly search using your preferred websites. Customize your search options via the Add-on Options page or by organizing search URLs in Firefox's bookmarks, including nested folders for unlimited depth in your search menu.

Key features include the ability to import or export your search website list, use placeholders for advanced search queries, and perform specialized searches such as reverse image lookups, page translations, and domain-specific queries. Open search results in a new tab, background tab, current tab, or new window to suit your workflow. This extension streamlines searching and puts the power of customized, context-driven search at your fingertips.

## Rankings

- #2,920 — Overall
- #92 — Bookmarks
- #344 — Search Tools
- #8 — selection
- #23 — context menu
- #35 — section

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `alarms`
- `bookmarks`
- `cookies`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `unlimitedStorage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

## Review summary

Users praise the add-on for its usefulness and light footprint, and view it as a solid replacement for a previous extension. However, reliability issues on newer Firefox versions and inconsistent functionality on certain features/sites diminish its practicality, suggesting maintenance and compatibility improvements are needed.

### Pros

- Very useful / incredibly useful when it works
- Lightweight / minimal overhead
- A good replacement for another extension

### Cons

- Reliability/compatibility issues with recent Firefox versions (e.g., FF128/FF129) causing it to stop or break
- Some features or site integrations do not work (e.g., Google reverse image search, faceitfinder)

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Multi Search Context Menu Plus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/multi-search-context-menu-plus) — 1 users
- [Context Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/contextsearch) — 491 users, 3.88 / 5
- [Context Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/contextual-search) — 3,606 users, 4.39 / 5
- [Context Search Origin](https://chrome-stats.com/d/context-search-we) — 667 users, 4.31 / 5
- [Context Web Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/context-web-search) — 61 users, 4.40 / 5
- [Contextual](https://chrome-stats.com/d/contextual) — 6 users, 5.00 / 5
- [Custom Context Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/custom-context-search) — 27 users
- [Select and Search Pro](https://chrome-stats.com/d/select-and-search-pro)
- [Simple Context Search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-context-search) — 478 users, 4.79 / 5
- [Text Selection Search Plus](https://chrome-stats.com/d/text-selection-search-plus) — 3 users
- [ContextSearch web-ext](https://chrome-stats.com/d/contextsearch-web-ext) — 3,230 users, 4.68 / 5
- [srch](https://chrome-stats.com/d/simple-search-selected-text) — 3 users

---

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