Reviews for Context Search
Context Search by Olivier de Broqueville
168 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 5585354, 6 years agoIt's possible to add www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de to contex search?
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13221270, 6 years agoGreat replacement for old FF 56- context search menu
- Rated 5 out of 5by Prasetina, 6 years agoEverything is just fine, but I really miss favicons in context menu. Bring them back please
Developer response
posted 6 years agoI could reproduce the problem that you are facing. I opened an issue about it so we can track and solve it: https://github.com/odebroqueville/contextSearch/issues/84
Thank you for using Context Search. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13713516, 6 years agoDají se přidat české vyhledávače (čsfd, heureka, atd.) za mě 5*
- Rated 5 out of 5by Sujith Abraham, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by RomarioGee, 6 years agoThats is a good addon. But could author explain in human language...how to add search engines. Or at least give a step by step example.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi! Sorry for the late reply.
At the bottom of the extension's preferences page, you will see a header titled "Add a new search engine". To add a search engine, you need to fill in the line right below that header.
- if the first checkbox is checked then the search engine will appear in the context menu;
- to the right of the above checkbox is a textbox where you need to specify the name you want to give your search engine;
- followed by a keyword which you will be able to use in the address bar (i.e. omnibox). The way this works is that, in the url address bar, you start by typing "cs " (for Context Search) followed by the keyword you chose for the search engine you want to use (e.g. "ddg " for DuckDuckGo) followed by the search terms. So, if I want to search DuckDuckGo for "SpaceX", then I can type "cs ddg SpaceX" in the url address bar and hit enter;
- followed by a another checkbox which specifies if you'd like to use the added search engine to your set of multi-tab searches. What does this mean? Well, when you're using the context search list mode (i.e. not the icon grid), then you may have noticed that there's an item named "Multiple tabs search". When you click on that menu item it will open a new window with multiple tabs, where each tab will contain the search results of a search engine that has been checked using this checkbox. To summarize how to use Multi-tab search: you first check all the checkboxes (in the 4th column) that correspond to the search engines that you want to include to perform multiple searches in one go. Then, you click on the "Save Preferences" button and now you can use the "Multiple tabs search" from the context menu;
- in the last textbox on the line, you enter the search query string for the search engine you'd like to use. Here, you have the option to use %s or {searchTerms} in your search query string when the search terms are not located at the end of the url.
Once you have entered the above information, you can test whether it is valid and working properly by clicking on the "Test Search Engine" button. When you're satisfied, you can finally click on the "Add Search Engine" button.
I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any further questions. - Rated 5 out of 5by Ricardo Simões, 6 years agoEsta extensão acelerou o meu ritmo de trabalho imenso ao permitir-me personalizar os meus motores de busca em modo de menu de contexto
- Rated 5 out of 5by Si Fox, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by majolika, 6 years agoGreat extension! Thank for it!
But just one question: why new tabs are open right next to the active one?
It will be a good thing if you could provide an option to choose the place where new tab will be opened: right next to the active tab or after all the tabs in a row.
And one another thing: maybe you can provide an option to switch off the loading of the icons when it's in a list mode.Developer response
posted 6 years ago1) The way it works today was actually implemented following a request of one of our users! Originally, it worked by loading the tab on the far right.
2) We'll be adding an option to switch favicons off for the context menu list in the next release. - Rated 5 out of 5by Sean Ryan, 6 years agoVery useful extension - thanks! A few questions:
1) Is there any chance you could automatically trim leading/trailing spaces from the selected text before passing the search terms in the associated URL? When you double-click text, Firefox always includes the trailing space and when that is passed on to the website, the required page is not loaded e.g https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/%s I've noticed that most websites themselves do the trimming, but the one above doesn't hence I'm asking for a helping hand from your extension!
2) I've noticed that whenever the Context Search sub-menu appears there's a short (tiny) delay after the menu text shows before the icons for each entry shows. Is there an opportunity here for a performance improvement in the extension, or is this actually Firefox behaviour?
3) The help text says "Right-clicking on a text area inside a web page without previously selecting some text will highlight the word under the mouse pointer". However, this doesn't happen: I've tried a number of websites and if you haven't selected text, then "Context Search" is not listed on the context menu when you right-click. I'm not hassled by this because I always double-click words, so just thought I'd let you know.
Thanks again for your hard-work - the extension out-of-the-box is great.Developer response
posted 6 years agoThank you for using Context Search! I have attempted to answer your questions here: https://github.com/odebroqueville/contextSearch/issues/69 - Rated 5 out of 5by Carequinha, 6 years agoHow do I make a seach engine url if the text to be searched is in the middle of the search url? Like this: https://www.google.co.il/search?q=SEARCHTHISWORD&hl=en&sourceid=mozilla-search&tbm=isch&gws_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=3pUeWsvZIdDJwQLfm4f4Cg
Developer response
posted 6 years agoYou need to replace SEARCHTHISWORD with either %s or {search terms}. Thank you for your review. - Rated 5 out of 5by Amr Shoula, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by LeeU, 6 years agoAwesome extension! Thanks! However, I wonder where could I obtain the information (SE URL) to add new search engines? (I know you're waiting for Mozilla to provide access to installed SE so I am trying to add them myself.)
Thanks again!Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi. Thanks for your review. You usually can look at the generated URL when you do a manual search. For example, on https://www.urbandictionary.com/ when I type in "fandom", I'm redirected to https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fandom. Drop "fandom" from the URL. The URL that remains can be added in Context Search (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=).
Should you have any further problems, feel free to open an issue at https://github.com/odebroqueville/contextSearch/
Thank you for using Context Search! - Rated 5 out of 5by MS_TO, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jack Furlong, 7 years agoThe Ben Basson extension lives again! Does _exactly_ what I wanted. Lets you add new engines by selecting "options" at the bottom of it's context menu. Well Done!
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThank you for your encouraging words, Jack. Glad you like the extension. - Rated 5 out of 5by snowjoke, 7 years agoVery good so far. Thanks for creating. The old version I had by Ben Basson was a life-saver, but it doesn't work with Firefox 57.
- Rated 5 out of 5by gchucky, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by gchucky, 7 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ADvi, 7 years agoIs it possible to import my search engines that already presents in search box?
Developer response
posted 7 years agoUnfortunately, this is something we can't implement right now due to technical limitations in the webextensions API. If and when Mozilla developers give us access to the search bar, we will definitely provide you with the possibility to import your search bar search engines into Context Search. For the mean time, I'm afraid you'll just have to be patient as these things can take some time.