Selected Text Searcher

Highlight any text and perform a search in any search engine with a couple of clicks, hotkey or gesture.

What is Selected Text Searcher?

Selected Text Searcher is a Chrome extension developed by https://www.facebook.com/browservery, and its main feature is "Highlight any text and perform a search in any search engine with a couple of clicks, hotkey or gesture.".

Extension Screenshots

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Download Selected Text Searcher Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Quick start:

1. Install the extension.
2. Open any webpage (or refresh already opened).
3. Highlight any text with a mouse.
4. Middle-click on the highlighted text or hit F9.
5. Click on any search engine in the opened window.

Features:

★ Two clicks search engine adding.

★ Search for selected text in one or multiple search engines at once.

★ Search for selected text with hotkeys.

★ Search for selected text with gestures.

★ Easily rearrange and edit your search engines without going to settings.

★ Drag & DropZones mode.

★ Autocomplete.

⛗ User Guide (bit.ly/user-guide-sts)
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Permissions:
Read and change all your data on the websites you visit
Allows the extension to insert its user interface in pages. Allows the extension to get highlighted text to search for it in search engines.
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Extension Basic Information

Name Selected Text Searcher Selected Text Searcher
ID mlheaafnfbmfljfjdlmfbdfjofaagpaj
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/selected-text-searcher/mlheaafnfbmfljfjdlmfbdfjofaagpaj
Description Highlight any text and perform a search in any search engine with a couple of clicks, hotkey or gesture.
File Size 211 KB
Installation Count 1,037
Current Version 1.48
Last Updated 2022-07-09
Publish Date 2019-08-17
Rating 4.68/5 Total 19 Ratings
Developer https://www.facebook.com/browservery
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://bit.ly/browservery
Help Page URL https://bit.ly/browservery-support
Privacy Policy Page URL https://github.com/loftyshaky/extensions-privacy-policy/blob/main/extensions-privacy-policy.md
Supported Languages en,ru
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