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 1.47.12

v1.47.12

fix: console errors (inject_highlight.js)
fix: CS sidebar not opening with shortcut
fix: drag & drop multisearch styling errors
fix: fail to load results engine navigator on slow pages
fix: folder icon not opening tab
fix: inject_highlighting.js errors on options page
fix: missing icons in results navigator update: cacheIcons disabled by default, cache size=64
fix: mycroft add to contextsearch button not working
fix: options page showing last edit form after close
fix: qm opening icon hides on triple-click (known issue - icon shifts on click slightly)
fix: qm opening icon repositions on click
fix: qm opening icon shows wrong terms on triple-click
fix: removed bad reverse image engine
fix: some group folders more button not working
fix: some searches fail due to background.js error
fix: svgs converted to png cache
fix: icons caching with cacheIcons disabled in some cases
fix: wrong icon size after updating icon in edit forms
fix: test runs when user presses cancel
fix: popup window searches failing to open from some protected pages
new: copy and autocopy handle rich text
new: engines can be drag & dropped to multisearch engines
new: mycroftproject options added to add custom search modal in chrome
new: next results engine (Shift + LeftArrow, Shift + RightArrow) shows engine icon. Enter to select, ESC to disable
new: popup results can remember position fix: popup results not working with POST
new: popupWindow.reuse allows searches in popup windows to reuse a single window
new: button below search engine manager linked to mycroftproject
update: popupWindowReuse = true by default
update: German translations
update: options page styling
updating search engines manager buttons

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