Open Selection or Google Search

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Open Selected Text – Instantly. Smart, fast & distraction-free.
This extension lets you open selected text using a single hotkey. If the selection is a link, it opens as a website. If it’s normal text, it automatically performs a Google search for you. Zero clicks. No copy-paste. Just select → hit shortcut → done.

Perfect for researchers, coders, students, writers, and anyone who opens links or searches terms constantly.

✦ How it works

Select any text on a webpage

Press the keyboard shortcut

The extension decides intelligently:

URL → opens in a new tab

Text → searched directly on Google

You stay in flow, save seconds every time, and reduce micro-friction that slows down browsing.

✦ Why you’ll love it

No right-click menus

No extra UI clutter

No popups, no bloat

Works on almost any website

Designed for pure speed

✦ Examples
You Select	Result
https://example.com	Opens link automatically
example.com/about	Opens website even without http/https
best laptops under 50k in India	Google results in one tap
www.stackoverflow.com	Opens instantly in new tab
✦ Features

✓ Minimal & lightweight
✓ Keyboard-first workflow
✓ Detects URLs automatically
✓ One hotkey — customizable
✓ Zero-permission, privacy-safe
✓ Built for productivity-focused users

✦ Default Hotkey

Alt + Q (can be changed anytime)
Go to: chrome://extensions → Keyboard shortcuts

✦ Designed for power users

If your work involves opening sources, researching topics, jumping between references or scanning content — this tool will quickly become muscle memory. A tiny daily speed-upgrade that compounds big over time.

No popups. No toolbar button needed. Just select and open.

Pure utility.

✦ Privacy

This extension does not track, store, sell, analyze or upload your browsing data.
All actions run locally inside your browser — your selections remain yours.