ContextSearch web-ext
Select text and search from the context menu or a tiled popup using any of your installed search engines. Add new search engines with a right-click, edit favicons and query strings. POST compatible, simple UI, highly configurable. For FF 57+
ContextSearch web-ext: Advanced Search Enhancement for Firefox
ContextSearch web-ext is a comprehensive search enhancement add-on for Firefox. It provides a variety of advanced features including the ability to import installed search engines, manage search engines using subfolders, access bookmarklets from the context menu, and edit search engine parameters. Offering both POST and GET request compatibility and support for international character sets, it's designed to optimize and personalize your browsing experience.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Mike B
Rating: 4.72 
(194)
Weekly download count: 61
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- <all_urls>
- activeTab
- contextMenus
- storage
- tabs
- search
- unlimitedStorage
- webNavigation
Size: 672.60K
Email: ss*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Highly customizable and configurable
- Effective search functionality
- User-friendly interface for the most part
- Quick replacement for other search extensions
- Strong recommendation from long-time users
Cons
- Issues with newer versions causing loss of functionality
- Difficult and confusing customization interface
- Context menu frequently disappears
- Inconsistent performance across browsers (Firefox and Chrome)
- Problems with exporting/importing search engines
Most mentioned
- Problems with version compatibility
- Customization interface complexity
- Disappearing context menu
- Overall functionality and usefulness
- Recent updates causing issues
User reviews
Dear Author, I'm Japanese, so please excuse my poor English.
If the version is v1.47.1 or later, Japanese character codes such as "shift_jis" and "euc_jp" cannot be used because they garble the text.
There seems to be a problem with sending from a Unicode site to a JIS site. It seems that the text is sent as utf_8 without being converted.
I rolled back to v1.46.26 and there are no problems.
(The same situation occurs with Chrome.)
PS: I don't have a Github account, so I reported this problem here.
by Rage, 2025-02-19
by 远离中共邪教快退出党团队, 2025-02-09
the best from the best
my respect mike
easy, fast, great lay-out, top add-on
thank you very much
btw. and always good updates
by HypnotizedNarcissist, 2025-01-29
Add-on safety
Risk impact
ContextSearch web-ext requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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