SearchScout

About

A Chrome extension that adds a right-click context menu to search selected text across multiple customizable search engines.

FEATURES
● Right-click search: Select any text on a webpage and search it instantly
● Smart menu: Automatically uses single top-level item for one site, nested menu for multiple
● Pre-configured common search engine defaults
● Fully customizable: Add your own search sites with %s placeholder for search terms
● Enable/disable sites: Toggle visibility of any search engine
● Drag-and-drop reordering: Arrange search sites in your preferred order
● Cross-device sync: Settings sync across your Chrome browsers

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USAGE
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SEARCHING
Select any text on a webpage
Right-click to open the context menu
Click your search option:
● One enabled site: Direct top-level item (e.g., "Search Google for...")
● Multiple enabled sites: Nested submenu under "Search for..."

MANAGING SEARCH SITES
Click the extension icon in the toolbar
From the popup, you can:
● ADD: Click the + button to add a new search site
● EDIT: Click the pencil icon to modify a site
● DELETE: Click the X icon to remove custom sites (defaults cannot be deleted)
● TOGGLE: Use the switch to enable/disable a site
● REORDER: Drag and drop sites to change their order

SMART MENU BEHAVIOR
The extension automatically adapts the context menu structure:
● 1 enabled site: Shows as a single top-level menu item (cleanest UX, no nesting)
● 2+ enabled sites: Groups them under a "Search for..." submenu

ADDING CUSTOM SEARCH SITES
When adding a new search site, you need:
● NAME: A display name for the context menu (e.g., "Reddit")
● URL: The search URL with %s as placeholder for the search term

EXAMPLE URLs:
● Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=%s
● Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%s
● MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=%s