GitHub: Prevent search hijacking

GitHub overrides the slash key to focus its search box. This extension restores the default Firefox behavior to pop up the Find bar.

Prevent search hijacking with GitHub add-on

GitHub: Prevent search hijacking is a Firefox add-on that restores the default Firefox behavior of popping up the Find bar instead of focusing on GitHub's search box when the slash key is pressed.

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By: Yuri Khan

Daily users: 19

Rating: 5.00

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Version: 0.3resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)

Version code: 5731173

Creation date: 2018-06-06

Weekly download count: 1

Firefox on Android: Yes

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Permissions:

*://github.com/*

Size: 8.72K

Email: yu*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 20,917 ▲ 339

Other rankings

#15 in prevent keyword 21

#74 in override keyword 21

#87 in github keyword 38 ▲ 4

#108 in tracking keyword 33 ▲ 2

#112 in event keyword 23

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Other platforms

Not available on Chrome

Not available on Android

Not available on Edge

User reviews

by 远离中共邪教快退出党团队, 2025-03-08

Had to create an account just so I could recommend and review this extension, which works great, with a perfectly minimal footprint. I'm a coder, so I spend much of time online, and many sites like to steal focus when I try to search the page for a term using the slash key; which means that I then have to instead click on the Firefox File Menu Bar, then click Edit, then click Find in This Page. This extension perfectly stops websites from doing that.

by No, 2019-11-20

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

GitHub: Prevent search hijacking requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

GitHub: Prevent search hijacking has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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