# Smart Text Search

> Search selected text on your favorite search engines with ease.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `smart-text-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sara
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-07-05
- **First published:** 2024-07-04
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/smart-text-search/)

## Description

Smart Text Search allows users to easily search selected text using their favorite search engines. Right-click the text selection and choose the search option to get results in the preferred engine.

## Rankings

- #131,564 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `notifications`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Enables sending notifications which can be spammed but have minimal direct security impact.
- 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/smart-text-search)