Use the right-click menu to search for selected text in different search engines
This extension can be used to search for selected text using the context menu. Different search engines can be added according to the user's wish to the right-click menu.
The search results are shown in a new tab which can either be a focussed tab or a background tab depending on the options set by the user. The location of the newly opened tab can also be set by the user to be either next to the current tab or the last tab.
The order of the search engines in the right-click menu can also be arranged. A list of 40 commonly used search engines has been added so that users can choose easily. If needed, the user can also add an option which has not been included.
You need at least Chrome version 88 to install and use this extension.
If you like the extension, please don't forget to rate it 5-star (preferably!). In case of any issues/suggestions, leave a comment at the support and FAQ link provided below.
Known issues:
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1. Sometimes, the extension icon reverts back from the magnifying glass to default Chrome extension icon. Disabling and enabling the extension again should bring it back. This is perhaps an issue with chrome.contextMenus.removeAll() method.
2. Favicons for search engines cannot be displayed in context menu currently as the contextMenus API does not allow it.
3. Taking settings from omnibar search configuration is not possible.
Change-log:
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2.99: Added support for selectively not encoding search terms, fixed some bugs
2.98: Fixed some bugs, added support for opening multiple search results on clicking an option
2.97: Added support for separators, fixed some bugs and styling issues
2.96: Fixed a bug due to which context menu items were not working, some styling changes
2.94: Manifest v3 migration, changed way to store data and removed FB like button
2.93: Removed ./ in manifest to avoid chromium bug : https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=410666
2.92: Fixed the delete item button. Added new FB share/like button.
2.91: Fixed content security violations. Removed tweet option due to direct script loading.
2.90: Changed to use manifest version 2.
2.82: Drag and drop to rearrange options.
2.80: Minor code changes, Option for Google+ search added.
2.72: Bug fixed: Chrome restart no longer needed to apply settings.
2.7: Users can now use either 'TESTSEARCH' or '%s' to denote search terms. Context menu icon changed. Minor CSS changes.
2.6: CSS problems fixed on options page. Option for Cuil Search removed and options for Yahoo! Japan, Reddit(Google search) and Google Definitions added.'Facebook Like' button added.
2.5: Users can choose to have the link to options page displayed at the end of the context menu. Export/Import search engines' list feature is provided to facilitate saving of configuration. Options page redesigned for easy use. Added Baidu and Rotten Tomatoes.
2.0: Added options for the user to choose if the search results show in a background or foreground tab. They can also pick whether the new tab opens next to the current tab or at the end. A list of 35 search engines has been added as options for the user to add.
1.5: The order of the search options can now be re-arranged.
1.0: Users can now add as many search engines to the right click menu as they want. An existing option can now be disabled or deleted if not required.
0.9: Added the ability for enabling/disabling particular search engines. Users can also customize which search engines they want and what the name of the search engine in the list should be.
0.5: Added Bing images to default pack
Latest reviews
- (2024-08-21) Tony: This is still the best. EDIT" AUG 2024 WELL IT HAD A GOOD RUN. IT NO LONGER SEARCHES %s
- (2024-08-03) One of the most useful chrome extension, Hopefully it gets updated ...
- (2024-06-25) Run Black: 欲を言えば、Context Menu Searchの後ろにショートカットキー(アンパサンド (ampersand, &)英語)を付けて欲しいです Display labelには自分で付けてます I want you to attach (ampersand, &) English to the back of Context Menu Search if you want. I am trying to make the sub menu to be. Other options の Export/Import search options にテキストで保存しておいたものを張り付けて、Saveで他のPCでも復元できます。 You can paste the text you saved into Export/Import search options under Other options, then click Save to restore it on another PC. 価格コムはY Hさんの方法を参考に文字化け回避は出来ましたが他のサイトでは通用しないようです
- (2024-06-06) Tony Nguyen: Please extend the character limit of the URL field. I have a very long one with many parameters but it's truncated in the URL field of this extension. Thanks! Update: Also, please make it possible to include more than one "%s" or "TESTSEARCH" in the URL. Currently, only the first one is expanded.
- (2024-02-11) Adam Gagne: I love this extenson but it keeps forgetting my saved search engines. Ive had to set it up 4 or 5 times
- (2023-11-07) Ming Fly: very useful tool! it can save time. it's good .
- (2023-11-02) Yau: It reset all my settings, nice. 0/10
- (2023-10-17) Vivĕre est cogitāre: Огромное спасибо за это чудесное и невероятно полезное, упрощающее жизнь расширение. Всё в нём очень нравится и работает без проблем. Пожелание: если можно, добавьте, пожалуйста, горячие клавиши/shortcuts для быстрого вызова контекстного меню со всем списком поисковых машин. Например: я выделяю какое-нибудь слово или предложение, нажимаю на shortcut и мышкой (или стрелками вниз/вверх и клавишей Enter) выбираю, на каком сайте следует выделенное слово найти. Спасибо!!!
- (2023-09-22) masapi: Please support in-page search.
- (2023-09-15) Don't do it: It is useful, but it would be a good idea to have an option that recognizes the search engines added to the browser. I had about 20 in Chrome and I was forced to transfer one by one (name and link), it was tedious.
- (2023-09-10) Josh Wilson: Sooooo handy, just wish there was a dark mode for the settings page
- (2023-07-13) John Pandes: Exactly what I was lookiing for! As a recruiter I am always looking for a way to quickly search for people on linkedin. This extension makes it so simple.
- (2023-06-17) Twy: Це чудове розширення! Я б вам буквально платив, якщо б ви могли також додали можливість налаштувати гарячі клавіші для швидшого доступу до кожного доданого сайту.
- (2023-06-16) Ivan Hrytsai: Чудовий інструмент! Через нову фічу ранньої версії Гугл Хрому не міг нормально відкривати пошук по виділеному слову в іншій вкладинці, лише в боковій панелі.
- (2023-06-16) Mark Palmos: I wanted it for one thing, and it does that perfectly, thanks!
- (2023-05-30) This is a nice extension, but there's just one annoying little thing. In Firefox, you can right click on a hyperlink and there will be an option to search for the hyperlink title in the context menu. This extension adds *similar* functionality, but it still requires you to highlight the text yourself. I like being able to just right click, hit the search option, and go. Is that not possible in Chrome?
- (2023-03-25) Luisa Valdes: Me encantó, es muy útil y configurable. Solo aparece al dar clic derecho sobre un texto, así que no te llena la pantalla del buscador de íconos. Excelente!!
- (2023-03-07) Николай Виноградов: Отличное расширение! Значительно ускоряет поиск по различным сайтам.
- (2023-02-25) Rhonda Lea Fries: Google continues to make Chrome hard to use. Google Lens and the new sidebar make me miserable every time I forget what Google has done. This extension solves the problem, and search now works for me again. Better yet, I can search other sites more easily too.
- (2022-10-11) Brett Schaal: I'm having trouble getting the highlted text to transfer over to added search engines for example Salesforce
- (2022-09-04) Matin S: loved it
- (2022-08-26) Irene Soisson: One of the best extensions out there! Major time saver
- (2022-08-21) P GS: seems good!
- (2022-08-12) Ross Tallo: I had it set up for youtube music searches and it worked a treat but has stopped in the past few months. Any ideas anyone?
- (2022-07-28) NOUM: Doesn't work if you search a term with a "&" in it (Youtube), the phrase gets cut because he forgot to url encode that character
- (2022-07-01) Piotr Ka: Very usefull tool. Only one thing missing - ability to sync settings between computers.
- (2022-05-14) Максим М: Отличное расширение 👍 Не хватает только возможности, при желании, ставить иконку поисковой системы вместо стандартной. С этой функцией будет идеально.
- (2022-04-22) Samurai D: 离完美还差一点:菜单图标
- (2022-03-27) Mateus Auri (Pereira Neves): Awesome! Just what I needed, and it works perfectly. Would be neat to have the ability to group search engines under submenus, though.
- (2022-03-23) Павел Павел: SUPER!
- (2022-03-20) ぴょんた: とても便利でいつも使っています。一つ残念なのは日本のサイト「価格コム」をオプションで追加しているのですが、選択した文字列が文字化けを起こしてしまい検索することができません。日本のソフトでないので仕方ないのかもですが、この一点以外は満足してます。修正していただくと嬉しいなあ。。。
- (2022-03-14) Lộc: doesn't work with strings containing &
- (2022-03-09) Tony LaMere: I use this nearly every day and it's irreplaceable. I'm not sure if it's possible, but I'd love to see keyboard shortcut (or hotkey) options added for even further efficiency.
- (2022-02-02) Jay Peek: Site corrupted. Developer AWOL.
- (2022-01-28) Евгений Анатольевич Стригунов: Can you add user hotkeys for each search system?
- (2022-01-25) Mr. Eagle: Not working anymore.
- (2021-12-12) 野良: 日本語で検索すると文字化けするところがあります そこでは日本語で検索することができますが これを通すと化けます
- (2021-10-13) Александр Поляков: 1 проблема – часто после аварийного завершения браузера все настройки обнуляются...Искал альтернативу этому расширению... но, похоже, его нет.
- (2021-09-03) lee lee: 汉典 - https://www.zdic.net/hans/TESTSEARCH 海词 - https://www.dict.cn/TESTSEARCH ytb - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=TESTSEARCH 维基百科 - https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/TESTSEARCH 谷歌 - https://www.google.com/search?q=TESTSEARCH 哔哩哔哩 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?keyword=TESTSEARCH 谷歌翻译 - https://translate.google.com/?hl=zh-CN&q=TESTSEARCH 豆瓣电影 - https://search.douban.com/movie/subject_search?search_text=TESTSEARCH 西瓜 - https://www.ixigua.com/search/TESTSEARCH 知乎 - https://www.zhihu.com/search?type=content&q=TESTSEARCH 微博 - https://s.weibo.com/weibo/TESTSEARCH 成长 - https://cn.pornhub.com/video/search?search=TESTSEARCH 成长 - https://www.xvideos.com/?k=TESTSEARCH 谷歌新闻 - https://news.google.com/news/search?q=TESTSEARCH 谷歌图片 - https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=TESTSEARCH 必应 - https://cn.bing.com/search?q=TESTSEARCH 百度百科 - https://baike.baidu.com/item/TESTSEARCH 海词zh - https://hanyu.dict.cn/TESTSEARCH 京东 - https://search.jd.com/Search?keyword=TESTSEARCH ask - https://www.ask.com/web?q=TESTSEARCH DDG - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=TESTSEARCH ecosia - https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=TESTSEARCH privacywall - https://www.privacywall.org/search/secure/?q=TESTSEARCH 哔哩影视杂谈 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?tids_2=182&keyword=TESTSEARCH 哔哩影视 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?tids_1=181&keyword=TESTSEARCH 哔哩知识 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?tids_1=36&keyword=TESTSEARCH 哔哩生活 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?tids_1=160&keyword=TESTSEARCH 哔哩最新 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?order=pubdate&keyword=TESTSEARCH 哔哩美食 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?tids_1=211&keyword=TESTSEARCH 哔哩资讯 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?tids_1=202&keyword=TESTSEARCH 哔哩60分钟以上 - https://search.bilibili.com/all?duration=4&keyword=TESTSEARCH
- (2021-07-23) Eric Mutta: Great extension, very handy for creating custom searches (e.g. using a number on a page to get the exchange rate for a particular pair of currencies). Simply works, no fuss. Which is how it should be!
- (2021-07-13) Gary Oikawa: Love this extension! Works great! Easy to add and remove search engines.
- (2021-06-11) Сергей Панфилов: Отличное решение упрощающее работу, использую в CRM для быстрого поиска по сделкам
- (2021-05-08) Claudi H: Just what I've been looking for - needed facebook search. Has to change the link because the one offered in the extention doesn't work anymore but that was done within a second and now it works and makes my workflow easier.
- (2021-04-28) stefano elidori: absolutely perfect. and can be better almost, including support to mailto: commands. for example selecting text like an emails and ask to send email (in case the is a correct link to emails).
- (2021-03-01) gdn gdn: useful extension! the following functions would be great: 1. save settings in google account or export-function 2. custom menu label in context menu instead of "context menu search" thanks!
- (2021-02-25) Oliver Lu: Have used some kind of extension like this in browsers for 15-20 years and this one used to work but now seems to be dead...can no longer customize the search engines (still offering me *Bing* as a choice)...webpage seems gone so if anyone can recommend an up-to-date replacement please do so.
- (2021-02-24) eyes wide open: FIVE STARS - just what I was looking for - configuration is super simple and easy - an extremely well conceived and executed extension. A bonus for me, too, is being able to create custom display names for contextual search items. Bravo!
- (2021-02-09) João Serra: This is awesome, except doesn't seem to work with strings that use & its a small detail that bit annoying
- (2021-02-08) Ray Cornwall: No longer supported, but still does what I need it to do. Would love to see it picked up by a new developer, but grateful it's still a useful extension.
- (2021-02-01) Louis Waweru: Important feature missing from all browsers.