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Use Pre-defined Search Engines to Search Any Selected Text

Download Helix for Firefox

demo-screenshot

Usage

  1. Select text on a webpage
  2. Right-click on the selected text
    • Either hit the keyboard shortcut for the search engine
    • Or choose a search engine from the context menu
  3. The search results will open in a new tab

Currently supports the following search engines and services:

  • Amazon
  • ChatGPT
  • DuckDuckGo
  • GitHub
  • Google
  • Google Images
  • IMDb
  • Letterboxd
  • Oxford Dictionary
  • ProtonMail
  • Reddit
  • Spotify
  • Wikipedia
  • YouTube

More search engines and services can be added by modifying the searchFunctions object in the background script.

Credits

Addon icon from SVG Repo

Brand icons from Simple Icons

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, suggestions, or bug reports, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

Made with ❤️ by dpi0

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