Search from the context menu! Right click on some selected text, a link text, or an image, and perform a search for it on the engines of your choice (link text and image searches require Firefox 60 or later). Manage your search engines easily with the native Firefox bookmarks manager.
How to use
• Right click some selected text, a link, or an image on a web page.
• Select the preferred search engine under "Search for...".
Manage your search engines
• Make a folder anywhere in your bookmarks called "Searches" (you only need to do this once).
• Add search engines by right clicking the search field on any website. In the context menu choose "Add a Keyword for this Search...", enter a keyword and click "Save" (make sure to save them in "Searches").
Why are certain permissions required?
• Read and modify bookmarks: All searches are stored in bookmarks. This extension only reads your bookmarks in the "Searches" folder. It does NOT modify or delete bookmarks.
• Access your data for all websites: To be able to search for link text or images, this extension needs to read the HTML code of your active tab (by using the "content scripts API"). By default, this API requires this permission. However, this extension only reads the code on the active tab. It does NOT modify the contents of any tab or data and it does NOT send any of your website data to second or third parties.
• Access browser tabs: The aforementioned "content scripts" are not allowed on certain websites or in certain contexts. The extension needs to know which tab URL is loaded to be able to hide the link text and image search feature. This extension does NOT modify the contents of any tab or data and it does NOT send information about your tabs to second or third parties.
Problems?
Please refer to the FAQ for support. If you experience a bug, please file a report in the issue tracker.
Known issues
• Due to current limitations in the WebExtension API only forms with GET method is supported.
• For security reasons Mozilla does not allow certain extension scripts to be run on addons.mozilla.org and some other Mozilla sites. While text selection will work, image search and link text search will not.
Acknowledgments
This extension is heir to SmartSearch, maintained for ages by Chris Povirk before WebExtensions became mandatory. The first version of SmartSearch was released in 2003 by Ben Goodger, one of the founders of Firefox.
How to use
• Right click some selected text, a link, or an image on a web page.
• Select the preferred search engine under "Search for...".
Manage your search engines
• Make a folder anywhere in your bookmarks called "Searches" (you only need to do this once).
• Add search engines by right clicking the search field on any website. In the context menu choose "Add a Keyword for this Search...", enter a keyword and click "Save" (make sure to save them in "Searches").
Why are certain permissions required?
• Read and modify bookmarks: All searches are stored in bookmarks. This extension only reads your bookmarks in the "Searches" folder. It does NOT modify or delete bookmarks.
• Access your data for all websites: To be able to search for link text or images, this extension needs to read the HTML code of your active tab (by using the "content scripts API"). By default, this API requires this permission. However, this extension only reads the code on the active tab. It does NOT modify the contents of any tab or data and it does NOT send any of your website data to second or third parties.
• Access browser tabs: The aforementioned "content scripts" are not allowed on certain websites or in certain contexts. The extension needs to know which tab URL is loaded to be able to hide the link text and image search feature. This extension does NOT modify the contents of any tab or data and it does NOT send information about your tabs to second or third parties.
Problems?
Please refer to the FAQ for support. If you experience a bug, please file a report in the issue tracker.
Known issues
• Due to current limitations in the WebExtension API only forms with GET method is supported.
• For security reasons Mozilla does not allow certain extension scripts to be run on addons.mozilla.org and some other Mozilla sites. While text selection will work, image search and link text search will not.
Acknowledgments
This extension is heir to SmartSearch, maintained for ages by Chris Povirk before WebExtensions became mandatory. The first version of SmartSearch was released in 2003 by Ben Goodger, one of the founders of Firefox.
