Searchscout Chrome extension icon

Searchscout

📦 v1.0.0
💾 27.26KiB
📅 2026-01-13
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Overview

A Chrome extension that adds a right-click context menu to search selected text across multiple customizable search engines.

FEATURES
● Right-click search: Select any text on a webpage and search it instantly
● Smart menu: Automatically uses single top-level item for one site, nested menu for multiple
● Pre-configured common search engine defaults
● Fully customizable: Add your own search sites with %s placeholder for search terms
● Enable/disable sites: Toggle visibility of any search engine
● Drag-and-drop reordering: Arrange search sites in your preferred order
● Cross-device sync: Settings sync across your Chrome browsers

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USAGE
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SEARCHING
Select any text on a webpage
Right-click to open the context menu
Click your search option:
● One enabled site: Direct top-level item (e.g., "Search Google for...")
● Multiple enabled sites: Nested submenu under "Search for..."

MANAGING SEARCH SITES
Click the extension icon in the toolbar
From the popup, you can:
● ADD: Click the + button to add a new search site
● EDIT: Click the pencil icon to modify a site
● DELETE: Click the X icon to remove custom sites (defaults cannot be deleted)
● TOGGLE: Use the switch to enable/disable a site
● REORDER: Drag and drop sites to change their order

SMART MENU BEHAVIOR
The extension automatically adapts the context menu structure:
● 1 enabled site: Shows as a single top-level menu item (cleanest UX, no nesting)
● 2+ enabled sites: Groups them under a "Search for..." submenu

ADDING CUSTOM SEARCH SITES
When adding a new search site, you need:
● NAME: A display name for the context menu (e.g., "Reddit")
● URL: The search URL with %s as placeholder for the search term

EXAMPLE URLs:
● Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/search/?q=%s
● Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%s
● MDN: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=%s

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

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