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ContextSearch web-ext by Mike B

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Review by Boom
by Boom, 10 months ago
This is a gem indeed! After Firegestures stopped working, I thought I won't have an easy "search with" popup solution in FF ever again. But this extension did it, and added way more to it! Customization options are very powerful. Different ways of opening the menu with mouse and keyboard shortcuts effectively made it a perfect replacement for the long lost Firegestures "search selection with" option. Thank you Mike!
157 reviews
  • by Dideldum, a month ago
    This ist the best Search-Engine addon i ever found for Firefox & Chrome with lots of configuration possibilites, works perfectly.

    Hint: From my optinion there a too much configuration possibilites for the daily user. A separate "simple configuation menu" could be useful...
  • by yuleself, 2 months ago
    Somehow the Copy-to-Clipboard button stopped working on some websites again, while the build-in COPY context menu works fine.

    2 example links:
    http://dict.youdao.com/search?q=clipboard

    http://osuraif.oneskyapp.com/collaboration/project?id=353334

    Developer response

    posted 2 months ago
    Thanks. I've found the problem based on the links you provided.

    The clipboard API requires a secure HTTPS website to function. The first link you provided uses HTTPS on the main page, but not on the results page. I assume it's the same issue you're having on your local server ( no https ).

    I've added some fallback code that seems to work, but the function is long depreciated, and may stop working at some point. Fixes will be in the next release.
  • by leviter, 4 months ago
  • by maclay, 4 months ago
    The "Drag" for a quick menu doesn't work again (

    Developer response

    posted 4 months ago
    👍 sorry I didn't see your edit sooner. I have a fix ready and will have a new release soon
  • by Ayush, 4 months ago
  • by Dan, 5 months ago
    Nice addon, been using it for a while but with the latest version it's missing sometimes on the context menu. This is especially true with the about:support page where I use the search to easily check for updates with installed extensions that takes me to the Firefox addon page. For now I've gone back to 1.28.1, which has been working flawlessly.

    Update:1.32a1 seems good. I'll update this again if there's any problems.

    Developer response

    posted 5 months ago
    I think this bug may have finally been tracked down, with the help of a user @ the github support site. If you're game, backup your current CS config and install the signed pre-release from here: https://github.com/ssborbis/ContextSearch-web-ext/releases/tag/v1.32a1
  • by hschnellinger, 6 months ago
    I really like this Add-On and use it daily. But lately it has updates every second day, and I can't find a proper new release notes about what and why these updates happen, while the code on github shows no updates for months.
    That's not the most trustworthy situation. I hope you just forget about the changelog…
  • by Afzal, 6 months ago
    Constantly disappears from the menu for some websites, no from all websites. Just a little more testing before updating would be appreciated. And if not possible, stop adding so many features.

    Developer response

    posted 6 months ago
    See if 1.31.8 or above fixes your issues.
  • by fred, 6 months ago
    Has anyone got reddit to work?.....UPDATE got it.....5 Star know.Thanks Mike!

    Developer response

    posted 6 months ago
    It should work fine. Make sure you're on the latest version. v1.31 was a bit of a mess
  • by Sans Undertale, 7 months ago
    Takes some fine tuning to get the way I want it, but it's quite customizable and the developer is responsive to bug reports. Easily the best Search Extension (sorry Swift Search Selection).
  • by XacK, 8 months ago
    Great add-on!

    ".CS_resizeWidget { display: none; }" command does not work on firefox (it does work on chrome though)
  • by emascandam, 9 months ago
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  • by Firefox user 12563944, a year ago
    Расширение хорошее, но постоянно вылезает сообщение на желтом фоне вверху экрана о том, что это дополнение тормозит загрузку веб страниц :(

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    "The extension is good, but a message constantly pops up on a yellow background at the top of the screen stating that this add-on slows down the loading of web pages"

    The only time I've seen real slowdown is during the marking of very short search results on a large page or using the Find bar to search across all tabs. When are you seeing the slowdown?
  • by z0so, a year ago
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  • by J.R., a year ago
    Whoever comes across this extension just discovered a true gem! Great design and awesome work!
  • by Firefox user 16274658, a year ago
    Why is it disabled on addons.mozilla.org? Description of the Addon says it works on *ALL* websites.

    Also, in my case, I had to restart Firefox before the Addon became active. To clarify, it did install fine, and I could configure the settings, but the quick menu wouldn't popup before I restarted.

    Developer response

    posted a year ago
    All content scripts are disabled by Mozilla on several mozilla.org domains, including this one ( addons.mozilla.org ). It's not just this add-on. Any add-on with features that rely on injecting code will not work here. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Content_scripts
  • by Amin884, a year ago
  • by Leonid, 2 years ago
    Version 1.26.1 works great. The last three updates (1.27.1, 1.27.2 and 1.27.3) do not work on some search engines, in particular on Yandex, Dogpile and some others - just a blank page opens.


    Therefore, I remain on the old version.

    UPD
    Unfortunately, I don't have an account on GitHub and I'm not an experienced user, but I can add here: I found that all search engines on version 1.27.4 work fine in the Quick Menu, but Yandex, Bing, Startpage and Dogpile do not work in the Context menu.

    Thanks.

    UPD
    Yes, everything is exactly as You said - I have an orange FF marker on those search engines with which there are problems.

    Developer response

    posted 2 years ago
    (edit3 - 10-19-2020) Were you searching a folder or a single engine when you observed the problem last? I've uploaded v1.27.5 which fixed the same problem v1.27.4 did, but when searching a folder as well.

    (edit 2) Thanks for the reply. I thought the bug fixed in 1.27.4 would take care of your issue, but there must be another bug. I've tried all the engines you mentioned, but I'm getting good search results using the context menu now. Could you open ContextSearch options -> Search Engines and tell me if you see an orange (FF) next to those engines you're having issues with? If not, could you edit one of them and paste the template / method / etc info? It could help narrow down the problem.

    (edit) Nevermind, version 1.27.4 going up. Context menu was not working with Firefox engines

    Would you mind opening a ticket at the support site or editing your reply here? Some users seem to be experiencing problems with the latest builds and I could use some input on what exactly is going wrong. I tried adding Yandex to my install and had no problems, and troubleshooting is difficult when I can't replicate the bug.
  • by bitelse, 2 years ago
  • by Thomas, 2 years ago
    Wonderful addon! Just wonderful! ... I am using it constantly. Would not want to live without it anymore! ... :-)

    Thank you very much for it!
  • by sam, 2 years ago