Hotkeys for Search
Perform a search for selected text using keyboard shortcuts.
As of May 2026, Hotkeys for Search has 1,000 users and a 4.40/5 rating from 25 reviews in the Productivity category.
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Version
1.4.0
Manifest V3
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- commandsactiveTabstoragescripting
- Host access
- None declared
Screenshots
About
1. Select text on a web page using the mouse. 2. Press a keyboard shortcut to search for the selected text on your desired website. Default shortcuts: Alt+Q = Google Alt+W = Wikipedia Alt+A = Google Images Alt+S = YouTube Options: - Change the target search websites - Change the keyboard shortcut keys - Open the search in the current tab, a new tab or a background tab - Choose the position of the new tab (left or right of the current tab) Source code: https://github.com/Juuso-h/hotkeys-for-search
Technical
- Version
- 1.4.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 22.89KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 2
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- gfmeadbjkfhkeklgaomifcaihbhpeido
- Developer ID
- u05f36183e6fdb972c68ca1f02b2d3996
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Apr 18, 2017
- Last Updated (Store)
- Sep 21, 2025
- Last Scraped
- May 31, 2026
- Website
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- Support URL
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- Privacy Policy
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