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Search for the selected text in search engines
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With this extension you can easily search for text you have selected. When some text is selected you can left click the selected text to get a popup where you can choose a search engine to search with.
In the options page you can customize the look of the menu, which mouse button that should activate the menu, which search engines to show, and a lot of other things.
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When you install this extension you will get a warning that this extension can:
"Access your data on all websites."
This is needed because the code for the popup-menu needs to be added to every website for it to work.
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If you want to report a bug/issue, please use the following site:
https://github.com/Pitmairen/selection-search/issues
Alternatively you can use the support section on this site (chrome web store), but I get no notifications about new posts, so I may not notice the message.
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Source code:
https://github.com/Pitmairen/selection-search
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Donations:
Some people have asked for ways to make donations to the project. If you want to make a donation you can do so by buying me a coffee:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pitmairen
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Changelog:
0.9.8
- Remove search engine icon source that no longer works (faviconkit). This could in some cases cause a blank icon to get loaded.
0.9.7
- Improve support for IME input in toolbar popup (See issue #173)
- Change to use a html class to shown/hidden the popup menu to make it easier to override the display property of the popup with custom CSS.
0.9.6
- Fix issue where icons in some cases could fail to load because the fallback icon loading did not work. This may improve the icon loading for some users.
0.9.5
- Add option to trigger "open all" feature on submenus with middle click only.
- Make back button in toolbar button go back only one level at the time
- Fix issue where "open all" on sub menus could crash if the submenu contained separators
- Change default search engines on new installs to use https
0.9.4
- Add ability to customize the toolbar popup with css
- Include separators in the toolbar popup. Hidden by default, but can be made visible with custom css.
0.9.3
- Fix issue where some icons failing to load could trigger a loop in the image loading, which could cause high CPU usage and pages failing to load.
0.9.2
- Improvements to icon loading. The icons are now loaded in the background worker, similar to how it was done in the 0.8.* versions of the extensions. This should make the icons load faster and with less chance of icons failing to load.
Note: The icons are cached in the sessions store provided by the browser. This storage has limited capacity. If you have a lot of search engines or have many large custom icons, you can hit the limit. This will cause some icons to fail to load. If this happens try to use smaller icons if you have custom icons. If that does not help report the issue as it may be possible to make the usage of the storage more efficient if necessary.
You can also hit the limit if you make a lot of changes to your search engines in one go, but this should be fixable by just restarting the browser as this will cleanup old entries in the storage.
0.9.1
- Fix issue with context menu items requiring two clicks to work
- Fix issue where the context menu items was not added properly
- Fix issue where hitting enter in the toolbar search box would not open the first search engine
- Changed icon loading to use the icon urls directly, instead of loading the icons in the
background, as the background loading does not work properly with manifest v3. This will
probably also fix some issues where custom svg images would not load.
0.9.0
- Major rewrite of internals to migrate the extension to manifest V3, as required by Chrome for the extension to continue to work.
- No new features or bug fixes in this release.
0.8.64
- Added search-url variable PAGE_QS_VAR_NO_ENCODING to allow query string variables without encoding
0.8.63
- Added new buttons to allow adding new search engines/separators/submenus at specific positions in the search engine list
0.8.62
- Added search-url variable %PAGE_ORIGIN_NO_ENCODING, same as %PAGE_ORIGIN, but without URL encoding
0.8.61
- Added option to enable the search engine popup blacklist/whitelist to also affect the search engine hotkeys. The options is located under Popup menu -> Advanced -> Blacklist/whitelist.
0.8.60
- Don't try to load settings from sync storage if sync is disabled in settings, this could fail in some special cases.
0.8.59
- Add option to open seaches in a small popup window
0.5.58
- Fix issue where the popup could be partially positioned outside the top of the browser window and become unreachable. Mostly an issue for very large popup menus with many search engines.
0.8.57
- Fix mycroft integration.
- Add an additional source for search engine icons that is used if the default source does not have an icon.
0.8.56
- Added special search engine marker for sites requiring encodings other than UTF-8. Simply append {SPECIALENCODING} to the end of the search engine url. This enables the feature and the browser should be able to auto detect the correct encoding.
0.8.55:
- Possible fix for freezing tabs for searches opened in new foreground tab
0.8.54:
- Revert escape feature (}) added in previous release. This broke some search placeholders.
0.8.53:
- Added option to open search in new window
- Make it possible to add search url to the submenu root item. If a search url is added it will open when clicking the submenu root item, unless the openall on click option is checked.
- Improved replacement of bracket placeholders ({%s}). If "}" must be used inside the placeholder it can now be escaped using "}".
- Improved regexp placeholder replace converter. The old "re:" converter still works for backwards compatibility. The new improved converter is called "replace:", and is documented under "More Variables" at the top of the options page.
0.8.52:
- Upgraded to latest jquery version to get latest security fixes
0.8.51:
- Fix issue with saving changed settings on options page
For full changelog see:
https://github.com/Pitmairen/selection-search#changelog
Latest reviews
- (2025-07-12) Hosein GSD: Tnx for this useful extension. Pls add two features: 1. the ability to set the maximum number of icons per row in icons only mode. 2. the ability to set the position of popup relative to cursor/selected text. search for "Swift Selection Search" on firefox extensions (does not supported on chrome anymore) because it was the perfect popup of it's kind and you can gain many insights from it. https://github.com/CanisLupus/swift-selection-search
- (2025-07-01) C CC: very good
- (2025-06-01) Punt 1971: This is great but suddenly I can't turn off the circular menu??
- (2025-03-17) Károly Baksa: Backup import doesn't work in Edge 134.0.3124.72 (Official build) (64-bit). :-(
- (2025-03-05) Alex A. Davronov: Used for over 10 years now. It's been around for so long and I became so accustomed to it that I even forgot that it's a separate plugin. Thanks for you work.
- (2025-02-16) 蘇修民: Hello, it seems that the function that only displays icons cannot be turned on and off normally, so I can no longer arrange search icons horizontally.
- (2024-12-21) عبدالله السليمان: من أفضل إضافات متصفح كروم فهي تقدم أسرع طريقة للبحث بتظليل الكلمة أو الجملة ، واختيار أي محرك بحث من القائمة التي تظهر لك والتي تستطيع أن تضيف عليها ما تشاء من محركات البحث . أداة أعتقد أن الجميع لن يستغني عنها بعد تجربتها .
- (2024-12-12) Moo Scree: The absolute best new king of selection/context menu searchers! Even better than before.
- (2024-12-12) Moo Scree: The absolute best new king of selection/context menu searchers! Even better than before.
- (2024-12-05) 张小贺: Thanks for your great work. Can you enlarge the button displayed after selecting text? It's too small on a big screen.
- (2024-12-01) Miltiades Christodoulou: At first, many thanks for this great working extension. Then, may I have please a request: is there a workaround to make the icons of the search engines to appear?
- (2024-10-23) Felix Lenk: Nice and productive extension with a good variety of customization features!
- (2024-10-22) Hoang-Phuc Tran: This used to open Youtube search results in its PWAs but now don't know why it doesn't work anymore.
- (2024-10-18) Oleksander Dudar: The best of its kind. If it also had custom reverse image search integrated it would be just perfect..!
- (2024-10-18) Oleksander Dudar: The best of its kind. If it also had custom reverse image search integrated it would be just perfect..!
- (2024-08-01) Arkan Salih: A very good extension to make custom search engines. Full of customizations. Great work. Been using it for two years before feeling compelled to write this.
- (2024-07-05) RRS NY: This extension is the best of its kind, a highly productive must have. I have noticed since version 0.9.1 the context menu icons no longer appear. Icons do appear for Google sites like YouTube but no other search engine icons do. I am aware changes were made in how icons were retrieved in version 0.9.1 but as a result no icons apart from Google sites have their icons retrieved. Perhaps Google Chrome updates have interfered causing this issue. Anyway, this is a top-tier Chrome extension among the very best. EDIT: I noticed today, on day later July 5th, the icons are back. Thank you developer Pitmairen for whatever you may have done to correct this problem.
- (2024-05-29) Sam 4: I've been using this extension for years and I love it. It functions in exactly the way I had in mind when looking for this type of extention plus it's options menu for adding new search options is very user friendly.
- (2024-05-19) Milez Awxy: doesn't work, no pop up.
- (2024-05-16) Shahin: Developer fixed this issue with the 0.9.1 update. thank you! ------------------ Previous Review: This extension used to be really handy and I used it every day, but they messed it up in the latest update. Now, the Popup menu hardly ever shows the search engine icons. I tried uploading the icons to a new image host thinking it was a problem with the old one, but no luck. Can you please sort this out? https://i.imgur.com/CQScsCm.png
- (2024-05-11) Matthew Palmer: This extension is a huge time saver at my job. I greatly appreciate the author not only providing the extension but also quickly fixing bugs like the ones caused by Chrome's recent update.
- (2024-05-09) Старший Брат: It's not always showing icons of the sites, so if you're using icons only theme then you won't be able to use it half the time. It's like a glitch of some sort.
- (2024-02-06) Harrison Currey: I've literally been using it for years and it's still going strong!
- (2024-01-06) Sanjay Sudhakaran: does exactly what it says. no questions. and also incredible amount of customization as well
- (2023-12-20) Ellis Garvin: No instructions for adding search engines other than pressing ctrl and alt, which doesn't work for important sites like google. Mycroft project no longer works either. It's my favorite extension aside from this new and rather massive hole in functionality.
- (2023-12-16) George Alfeerzli: Brilliant! All is missing is a translate icon and a popup like in selectionsk
- (2023-12-12) J.T. Brown III: Excellent extension for Chrome - except I'm having troubles with it in Brave Browser. It only displays the first 9 entries - the 10th+ entries do not get displayed. Very frustrating with Brave, but wonderful in Chrome!
- (2023-12-07) Rowand Hashem: One of the best if not THE best ever productivity extension for Chrome
- (2023-11-29) T0XC: Love that extension, just got everything I was looknig for, the great features are theat I can include any search engine including online dictionaries, and if I enable the popup option then the new search tab appearse in small size over the current browser tab so I don't have to leave!
- (2023-11-06) Grün Blau Gelb: Spy app???? Often opens a popup, but only during a password entry. It seems to me that this is a security risk!
- (2023-11-06) Grün Blau Gelb: Spy app???? Often opens a popup, but only during a password entry. It seems to me that this is a security risk!
- (2023-10-06) William Angel: Excelent
- (2023-09-28) Mil Steve: O.O Awesome esta increíble el Addon Crome sobre todo por los atajos de teclado. Recomendación al programador: *Se recomienda al programador si puede hacer un vídeo de ejemplo. *Seria necesario diferenciar las teclas: ctrl-L y ctrl-R Shitf-L y Shitf-R Alt-L y Alt-R *Crear una columna para ver los atajos de teclado rápido y cambiarlos al momento *Tiene un bug en el buscador 14 cierro Chrome y lo vuelvo a abrir y desaparecieron mis links, pero los botones los conservo Datos: Lo use en Linuxmint XCFE a 64 Bits Navegador Brave Voy a recomendar el Add a mis conocidos y mis familiares. Gracias al Programador por darle seguimiento al Add Chrome por los Updates :D
- (2023-06-21) Tomas Karlsson: must have honestly,
- (2023-06-21) Tomas Karlsson: must have honestly,
- (2023-06-09) Duxast 33: Прекрасное расширение , но есть что улучшить . Если на словах "Sasha Grey" совершить поиск то в результате расширение напишет "Sasha%20Grey" , в большинстве случаев это будет работать но на некоторых сайтах работает только "Sasha-Grey" и "Sasha+Grey" .
- (2023-06-02) Feral Berry: Идеальное расширение, для меня, так как делаю поиск на многих сайтах одновременно, например когда ищу инфу про кино. Лучшее и удобнее всех остальных поисковых расширений
- (2023-04-29) Luce: Extremely useful, highly customizable, and the popup menu is clean. Has been a game changer for my language learning.
- (2023-04-29) Luce: Extremely useful, highly customizable, and the popup menu is clean. Has been a game changer for my language learning.
- (2023-04-18) Jawad Ahmed: Best Extension Ever
- (2023-04-18) Jawad Ahmed: Best Extension Ever
- (2023-04-06) W Ultra: .popup .engine-name, .popup.mainmenu > li:first-child{ display: none; } .popup a, .popup li{ display: inline-block; padding: 1px; } .popup img{ margin: 2px; padding: 0; } .popup { width: 80px; padding: 0px; white-space:auto; } .popup .engine-separator{ width: 1px; height: 20px; margin: 0 3px 3px 3px; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; } /*CONFIG_START {"submenu_position":"topright","submenu_corner":"bottomleft"} CONFIG_END*/
- (2023-04-06) W Ultra: .popup .engine-name, .popup.mainmenu > li:first-child{ display: none; } .popup a, .popup li{ display: inline-block; padding: 1px; } .popup img{ margin: 2px; padding: 0; } .popup { width: 80px; padding: 0px; white-space:auto; } .popup .engine-separator{ width: 1px; height: 20px; margin: 0 3px 3px 3px; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; } /*CONFIG_START {"submenu_position":"topright","submenu_corner":"bottomleft"} CONFIG_END*/
- (2023-03-21) Val Och: Great extension, super handy for looking up stuff in Wolfram Alpha. Very customizable when it comes to activating its function. My only wish would be to have icons also show up in context menu mode, which I find to be the most intuitive to use, but I understand that it might be hard to implement due to Chrome's own limitations.
- (2023-03-21) Val Och: Great extension, super handy for looking up stuff in Wolfram Alpha. Very customizable when it comes to activating its function. My only wish would be to have icons also show up in context menu mode, which I find to be the most intuitive to use, but I understand that it might be hard to implement due to Chrome's own limitations.
- (2023-03-16) Black Gold: Love it. It should be the default feature of chrome. Works flawlessly. I added my custom search engines and all of them work.
- (2023-03-16) Black Gold: Love it. It should be the default feature of chrome. Works flawlessly. I added my custom search engines and all of them work.
- (2023-02-25) misuzu suzuki: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- (2023-02-12) Yufan Yi: 用了很多年的扩展了，对我而言唯一的痛点就是在菜单栏弹出窗口搜索时，按Enter键窗口会消失，中英文混合输入的时候不太方便。
- (2023-02-11) Shmuel: Using this now for over a year and it's fantastic