About this extension

If you are experiencing issues, check https://github.com/ssborbis/ContextSearch-web-ext/releases for signed pre-releases with the latest fixes

ContextSearch web-ext

The most powerful, most complete search enhancement for Firefox

This Add-on was written as a Firefox 57+ web-extensions compatible replacement for Ben Basson's popular Context Search Add-on but has grown into much more.

Import your currently installed search engines
Access search engines from the Context Menu
Manage search engines using subfolders and separators
Access search engines from a popup menu (QuickMenu)
Compatible with all search engines using POST or GET requests
International character-set support
Reverse-image search
Site search
Add new search engines simply with a right-click
Custom API to build and install custom OpenSearch engines to FIrefox Search Toolbar
Edit search engine parameters and icons
Access bookmarklets from the context menu and quick menu
Highlight search terms
Lite and Dark themes
Use custom CSS for menus

* Linux and MacOS X users may need to set the option ui.context_menus.after_mouseup to true in about:config for mouse actions to work properly

Permissions
<all_urls>
This addon is works on all websites
activeTab
This addon injects code into tabs to create menus and styling
contextMenus
This addon provides a context menu
search
This addon interacts with Firefox search engines
storage
This addon saves preferences
tabs
This addon provides means to open search results in new tabs and windows

More info @ https://github.com/ssborbis/ContextSearch-web-ext

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Release notes for 1.47.11

v1.47.11
fix: missing filter icon
fix: sidebar showing in popup results

v1.47.10
update: i18n messages
fix: <dialog> styling

v1.47.9
update: context menu button on-boarding message

v1.47.8
fix: quick menu overflow with scrollbars in chrome + windows
update: quick menu option to show without selection disabled by default
fix: various context menu issues
new: context menu on mousedown detecting and modal options window

v1.47.7
new: sort button in search engines manager
fix: browser context menu not opening on first click after opening the quick menu
fix: browser context menu not showing ContextSearch menu when using contextual layout + moving default context menu to double-click
fix: toolbar menu not opening on blank tabs
fix: find tool not working without opening find bar first
fix: keyboard shortcuts not working in search engines manager after setting a hotkey
fix: night mode button working intermittently
update: better favicon handling for new engines
update: custom fallback icons use svg
update: options page styling
update: replace default engine icons with svg images

v1.47.6
fix: quick menu slow to open
fix: drag over special folders not opening folder
fix: copy and disable tools not closing menu, hide tool closing

v1.47.5
fix: some shortcuts not working (findNode() error)

v1.47.4
new: quickMenuRepeatSearchHideMenu - suppress opening the quick menu when the repeat search tool is enabled
new: quickMenuReuseVsClose for quicker repeat menu opening

v1.47.3
fix: setting shortcuts not working
fix: toggle hotkeys closing menu
update: sort and block tools added to toolbar menu

v1.47.2
fix: repeat search
fix: layout editor closing when enabled
fix: ESC cancels repeat search
fix: findbar not opening

v1.47.0
fix: qm shows scrollbars in chrome
fix: raw text unavailable in chrome
fix: firefox search engine import fails
fix: no toolbar menu on new tabs
fix: hide widgets on fullscreen video
fix: stalled browser toolbar on loading pages
fix: missing message
fix: cleaup default youtube url
fix: {clipboard} param chrome workaround
fix: clipboard param in chrome bypass
fix: site search missing domain when using the context menu
fix: bad menu scaling when using Firefox -> resistFingerprinting
fix: mozlz4 exporting phasing out encoding.js
fix: findbar highlighting errors
fix: qm overflowing iframe
update: context tool changed to toggle contexts vs select menu
update: advanced options shows all unused top-tier settings
new: quickMenuCloseOnEditKeydown closes qm when using arrow keys, tab, etc in input boxes
new: template parameter {clipboard} can read the current text in the clipboard. Can be combined with {searchterms} or other parameters

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