Highlighted text search
Adds keyboard hotkeys for opening a search of highlighted text in your favourite search engine in a new tab. This is a more…
As of May 2026, Highlighted text search has 60 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 1 reviews in the Productivity category.
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5.00
1 reviews
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Version
0.7
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 26, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2026 | 60 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.7 |
| May 23, 2026 | 62 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.7 |
| Now | 60 | 5.00 | 1 | 0.7 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storagecontextMenus
- Host access
- None declared
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About
Adds keyboard hotkeys for opening a search of highlighted text in your favourite search engine in a new tab. This is a more efficient way than the usual highlight text> right click> find the Search for____ option in the context menu. Option to open the tab in the background or the foreground. The search engine and the hotkeys are both customizable. There's also a context menu item for background searching.
Technical
- Version
- 0.7
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 312KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 2
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- pnonieeammgbbkegaijnaedmececfplm
- Developer ID
- u2fe774b5beaa28c9e577c4cd5366401d
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Jun 21, 2023
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jul 14, 2023
- Last Scraped
- May 23, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- https://github.com/kyo-ago/background-search
- Privacy Policy
- —
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