extension ExtPose

Context Menu Search

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ocpcmghnefmdhljkoiapafejjohldoga-

Description from extension meta

Use the right-click menu to search for selected text in different search engines

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Description from store 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. Premium features: Purchase a premium subscription to unlock the following features: - AI prompts: Get answers from AI: Summarize, rephrase, translate and so much more. - Customize prompts: Provide your own prompts to achieve exactly what you want. - Sub-menus: Group your search engines and AI prompts into sub-menus for better organization. - Multi-launch: Trigger multiple searches in separate tabs or multiple AI prompts simultaneously. 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: -------------------- 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: ---------------- 3.0.1: Handle old browsers where sidePanel is not supported. 3.00: Premium features added: Multilaunch, Submenus, AI Prompt support. Revamped the Options and Welcome pages, updated icons, and made host permissions optional. 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

  • (2025-06-26) Bogdan Zs: after update the extension has gone
  • (2025-06-26) Alexander Print: extension dissapeared from context menu (
  • (2025-06-26) Mobeen Khan: they made a [aid version for this and I have lost all of my saved data and I cannot import it to new pc.
  • (2025-06-21) Wei XU: It's a foolish decision to upgrade the AI functionality in an already mature extension app! Especially, it doesn't support the settings JSON from older versions. In the end, I even found that the author said, 'I did not expect users to use old settings in the new version.
  • (2025-04-25) Tanks in Space: Great tool. l Love the new look, icon, and the AI integration... Thanks 4 the update .. only thing missing is a PayPal donation icon on the Settings Page ;)
  • (2025-04-24) Kiel: TOTALLY RUINED! This extension was one of my favourites, I have a backup of my search tools I would import for each new install on a web browser. Now my import is not working, and my custom searches refuse to work. This is a select and search tool. Why on earth do I need AI involvement? Y'all would put AI in a toaster just to say it has AI. There is no reason for me to prompt for anything with this tool! This is such an absurd use for AI. Not to mention you did not make the import backwards compatible! I am so furious that a clean install pushed this update!
  • (2025-04-22) Just broke today. Doesn't show up in Context Menu. Could be because I am using the last version of Chrome which was allowed on my Windows 7 OS, namely Version 109.0.5414.120 (Official Build) (64-bit). It's a real shame if it's the end. It's been incredibly helpful. I highlight a word in a Greek text and just send it to the lexicon Logeion. Love simplicity.
  • (2025-04-22) Just broke today. Doesn't show up in Context Menu. Could be because I am using the last version of Chrome which was allowed on my Windows 7 OS, namely Version 109.0.5414.120 (Official Build) (64-bit). It's a real shame if it's the end. It's been incredibly helpful. I highlight a word in a Greek text and just send it to the lexicon Logeion. Love simplicity.
  • (2025-04-22) Eugene Kaverin: Yesterday the Yandex browser stopped working.
  • (2025-04-21) Константин Лозовой: After adding all the premium options in version 3, extension stopped working - it just disappeared from context menu altogether. Either developer completely broke it, or it is became impossible to use it for free. Now I'm really sad, because I was devoted user of "Context Menu Search" for years before today. Now I suddenly have to find alternative extension and somehow port my options there, which is not gonna be easy, because most alternative extensions use %s, not =TESTSEARCH in their options. Ruining perfect extension just to add premium options isn't cool. It's like selling good reputation for non existing money.
  • (2025-02-15) Igor Rapczewski: essential extension, works great
  • (2025-02-12) Paul Cotter: Excellent. It can (frequently) take you directly to where you want to be. I can highlight the text "Catcher in the Rye", right click and select Wikipedia ... straight there; as opposed to highlight, Ctrl-C, new tab, ==>wikipedia.com, click on search field, Ctrl-V, Enter. I'm ADHD and I run in auto-segue mode. During any extended sequence I can be distracted by an image / link etc. The list of pre-built Contexts is useful. Many of them I use. The other 'use' is that they are examples of how to write your own. My personal wish-list would be: 1) A page where users could submit entries for programs they use. Examples of this would be Visual Studio, AI engines, Spotify, WhatsApp 2) Specify sub-links. Take the following sequence: IMDB http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=TESTSEARCH Google stuff >> Lens https://www.google.com/?olud Images http://www.google.com/images?q=TESTSEARCH News http://news.google.com/news/search?q=TESTSEARCH << BBC World http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?go=toolbar&uri=/&q=TESTSEARCH etc... Right click would display: IMDB Google stuff > BBC world etc... IMDB, BBC and 'etc..' links work as normal. If you click Google stuff it would open a sub-menu: Lens Images News
  • (2025-01-02) Benjamin: It stopped working. Update to get it working again: 1) Remove Extension 2) Add Extension.
  • (2024-12-07) Doruktan Erkan: A very necessary extension. I recommend it to everyone.
  • (2024-10-22) Adam Przeździecki: Very convenient but doesn't work in PDF (built in chrome PDF-viewer) - it shows up in the context menu but takes no action.
  • (2024-09-19) Alan Macdonald: Great timesaver! I use it many times a day with Chrome. It would be useful to me if I could append the clipboard instead of selected text to the url, for example with archive.is.
  • (2024-09-18) Justin Block: I've got this wonderful extension working again. It was not showing up for me when I would highlight a word and right click as it used to. When I would go into the options NONE of my configured searches were showing up. What I did was went into Options under "Add search engines" I selected a search engine I didn't already have selected and clicked "add selected options". That's it. When I went to see if that one new option was available when I right clicked on a highlighted word, all of my configured search options showed up again. I then went back and unselected the search engine I didn't want. I use this thing SO much, please don't ever go away.
  • (2024-09-06) SwimmingLink: This app doesn't seem to do anything. I was hoping to use this to restore the image search into the right-click menu.
  • (2024-08-21) Tony: This is still the best. EDIT" AUG 2024 WELL IT HAD A GOOD RUN. IT NO LONGER SEARCHES %s
  • (2024-08-21) Tony: This is still the best. EDIT" AUG 2024 WELL IT HAD A GOOD RUN. IT NO LONGER SEARCHES %s
  • (2024-08-20) Keith Jones: I love the app, but my Options menu is also missing.
  • (2024-08-18) Lane Copley: The Options part of the right-click menu is missing. Bug, or feature?
  • (2024-08-17) Sergejus: Stopped work couple days ago
  • (2024-08-08) ARatQuiRit: Hi there ! It’s me that posted a comment about separators on Mozilla. ( Haven’t tested the update about it because, after all, I managed to have multiple separator, by making them one by one.) I now have the same problem on Chrome, since update : I was using blank links as separators, now I can only see one. Anyway, that’s mostly nickpicking ! Great addon, both on Mozilla and Chrome. Thanks much ! Edit : Fixed here too ! Maybe the issue was from my side, needed a restart probably or something… The new separators are excellent ! And I’m very glad to see the addon is staying on Chrome !
  • (2024-08-07) Sihao Chen: great tool, but can you hide the option when you right click to access it? I only have one website, so I can just click it once. Now it has one website and one option choice, can you turn off the option choice from the right click? Thank you!!
  • (2024-08-06) mrbedford: working a few hours ago and now it has stopped and all my sites have gone?
  • (2024-08-03) One of the most useful chrome extension, Hopefully it gets updated ...
  • (2024-08-03) One of the most useful chrome extension, Hopefully it gets updated ...
  • (2024-08-03) Liz Zoob: I use this all the time. Please update it so we can continue to use it!
  • (2024-07-29) Daniel Schroeder: love it - use it at work and personal profile for a while now. Hope it will be updated to stay compliant with the chrome rules.
  • (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
  • (2024-06-21) Alex Craig: I love this tool and it is the best of its type. Home work and play, I use it every day. Feature suggestion: macro multiple search URLs. doma.in1/s/TESTSEARCH || doma.in2/src/TESTSEARCH || doma.in3/search/TESTSEARCH --Unless I have missed it.
  • (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.
  • (2024-06-06) 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.
  • (2024-05-28) Michael LeBac: Excellent tool! Would give 5* if there was an option to add search link out of context menu
  • (2024-05-14) restcure: Worked well except: many of my searches had an ampersand (&) in them, which acted as an end-of-line marker, e.g. "Echo & The Bunnymen" searched for only "Echo." Note: no more ashutoshdwivedi.com - the URL has been parked since 2021.
  • (2024-04-24) Nico de Vries: Works great!
  • (2024-03-12) Krystian G: I love it!
  • (2024-03-12) Paul B.: Works smoothly, but an auto-popup menu would be good. Also some actions like Go to Url, Copy Selection.
  • (2024-02-21) Lisa Lavandula: Awesome tool for allowing users to customize their searches. I just wish it would add the engines directly to the context menu to make things that much quicker.
  • (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
  • (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
  • (2024-01-03) Valeriu Florea: Perfect tool! Thanks!
  • (2023-12-28) Ahmad Abu Shmais: very great extension i customized all the searches i want with one click. but the " open in background " option is not working why ???
  • (2023-12-26) Belay Mulat: One of the best extensions I ever used. Saves a ton of time.
  • (2023-12-15) Jack Callcott AU: This is a very useful tool! I've been using it for more than one year now, and I have no complaints whatsoever. It works well and it's easy to customise. The variable TESTSEARCH is used to read the string that you are searching for into the search engine of the website. Here's an example : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=TESTSEARCH.
  • (2023-11-28) Teimuraz Japaridze: Love that fantastic tool. . . Good job guys! Thank you very much!
  • (2023-11-07) Ming Fly: very useful tool! it can save time. it's good .
  • (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

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Installs
100,000 history
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Rating
4.5181 (828 votes)
Last update / version
2025-04-24 / 3.0.1
Listing languages
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