
Context Search by Olivier de Broqueville
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Searches the selected text using a search engine from your custom list. ATTENTION: Version 6.1.0 is a paid upgrade based on manifest v3. If you encounter any issues, please use the Support email link to report them.
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Context Search
Firefox add-on to search selected text in a web page using your favorite search engines, displayed in the context menu or in an icons grid, or using your preferred AI chat engines and prompts.
If you like this extension and find it useful, please help support its development by considering a modest donation: https://paypal.me/odebroqueville.
Please note that version 6 will remain free whilst in beta, but will ultimately become a paid extension. I will try to keep the extension free for those who have kindly supported its development through a donation.
Features
Permissions
Notifications, Downloads, History and Bookmarks are optional permissions. They are disabled by default. If you'd like to:
- show notifications and/or
- save your list of search engines to your local disk, or
- search your history or bookmarks from the Omnibox, or
then open the extensions manager, select Context Search and, under the Permissions tab, enable the appropriate permissions.
To open search results in a new private window, in the extensions manager, allow Context Search to "Run in Private Windows".
Firefox add-on to search selected text in a web page using your favorite search engines, displayed in the context menu or in an icons grid, or using your preferred AI chat engines and prompts.
If you like this extension and find it useful, please help support its development by considering a modest donation: https://paypal.me/odebroqueville.
Please note that version 6 will remain free whilst in beta, but will ultimately become a paid extension. I will try to keep the extension free for those who have kindly supported its development through a donation.
Features
- Dark theme for the Options page
- Access search engines from the Context Menu
- Access search engines from an Icons Grid
- Compatible with search engines using either HTTP GET or HTTP POST requests
- Reverse-image search with Google Images, Google Lens or TinEye
- Site search
- Carry out multiple searches at once using multisearch or folder multisearch
- Manage your search engines from the extension's Options page
- Many ways to easily add a new search engine
- Support for search engines using OpenSearch description format
- Simply add a search engine from mycroftproject.com
- Use custom favicons for your search engines
- Use custom prompts to question a selection of AI chatbots
- Carry out searches from the Omnibox, i.e. url address bar
- Assign keyboard shortcuts to your search engines
- Export/Import your list of search engines as a safe backup
Permissions
Notifications, Downloads, History and Bookmarks are optional permissions. They are disabled by default. If you'd like to:
- show notifications and/or
- save your list of search engines to your local disk, or
- search your history or bookmarks from the Omnibox, or
then open the extensions manager, select Context Search and, under the Permissions tab, enable the appropriate permissions.
To open search results in a new private window, in the extensions manager, allow Context Search to "Run in Private Windows".
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This add-on needs to:
- Access browser tabs
- Access your data for all websites
This add-on may also ask to:
- Exchange messages with programs other than Firefox
- Read and modify bookmarks
- Input data to the clipboard
- Download files and read and modify the browser’s download history
- Access browsing history
- Display notifications to you
- Access your data for all websites
More information
- Add-on Links
- Version
- 6.0.7
- Size
- 2.22 MB
- Last updated
- 11 days ago (Apr 14, 2025)
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- License
- All Rights Reserved
- Privacy Policy
- Read the privacy policy for this add-on
- End-User License Agreement
- Read the license agreement for this add-on
- Version History
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Release notes for 6.0.7
- Bug fix: removal of nested search engines was broken
- Added a missing translation for the 'multisearchEndOfSentence' key
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