Selection Search
Selection Search is an open-source browser extension that lets users search highlighted webpage text through configured search engines. It is intended for people who want quick context-menu or selection-based searches in Chrome and Firefox.
Overview
5 featuresSelection Search is a Browser DevTools & extensions project. It focuses on searching selected webpage text across multiple search engines without copying and pasting it manually. It is built as an open-source project for web browser users who frequently search highlighted text. Selection Search is open source under the Open Source license. Selection Search is available on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Pitmairen builds and maintains Selection Search, and it first shipped in 2018. Among its 5 catalogued features are selected-text search, context-menu search, and custom search engines.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Selected-text search
- Context-menu search
- Custom search engines
- Chrome support
- Firefox support
Built with & integrations
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
1What PulseGate has recorded for this listing
- Indexed10 Sept · 01:03 UTCSelection Search verified via Firefox Add-onsSource: Firefox Add-ons · Open
Frequently asked questions about Selection Search
- What does Selection Search do?
- Selection Search focuses on searching selected webpage text across multiple search engines without copying and pasting it manually. It is catalogued under Browser DevTools & extensions on PulseGate.
- Who should use Selection Search?
- Selection Search is an open-source project built for web browser users who frequently search highlighted text.
- Is Selection Search free?
- Yes — Selection Search is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does Selection Search run on?
- Selection Search runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
- Is Selection Search still active?
- Unverified. Selection Search has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- What projects are similar to Selection Search?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Swift Selection Search, Selection Context Search, and Swift Selection Search.Swift Selection SearchSelection Context SearchSwift Selection Search
- Who develops Selection Search?
- Selection Search is developed by Pitmairen.
- How long has Selection Search been around?
- Selection Search first shipped in 2018.
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