Selected Text Searcher
Highlight any text and perform a search in any search engine with a couple of clicks, hotkey or gesture.
As of June 2026, Selected Text Searcher has 1,000 users and a 4.71/5 rating from 21 reviews in the Productivity category.
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1.0K
1,000
Ratingno change0%
4.71
21 reviews
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21
Version
1.48
Manifest V3
History
1 snapshotsTracking since Apr 23, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1.0K | 4.71 | 21 | 1.48 |
| Now | 1.0K | 4.71 | 21 | 1.48 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storagecontextMenus
- Host access
- <all_urls>
Screenshots
About
Quick start: 1. Install the extension. 2. Open any webpage (or refresh already opened). 3. Highlight any text with a mouse. 4. Middle-click on the highlighted text or hit F9. 5. Click on any search engine in the opened window. Features: ★ Two clicks search engine adding. ★ Search for selected text in one or multiple search engines at once. ★ Search for selected text with hotkeys. ★ Search for selected text with gestures. ★ Easily rearrange and edit your search engines without going to settings. ★ Drag & DropZones mode. ★ Autocomplete. ⛗ User Guide (bit.ly/user-guide-sts) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Permissions: Read and change all your data on the websites you visit Allows the extension to insert its user interface in pages. Allows the extension to get highlighted text to search for it in search engines. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 🧩 Follow my Facebook page (more extensions): https://www.facebook.com/browservery
Technical
- Version
- 1.48
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 211KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 2
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- mlheaafnfbmfljfjdlmfbdfjofaagpaj
- Developer ID
- ucc89cd2c2dfc76ffa4410902b5cf3732
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Aug 2, 2016
- Last Updated (Store)
- Mar 17, 2024
- Last Scraped
- Jun 8, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://groups.google.com/g/browservery
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 8, 2026.