Reviews for ContextSearch web-ext
ContextSearch web-ext by Mike B
Review by The Beard Below My Chin
Rated 5 out of 5
by The Beard Below My Chin, 7 years agoThis one is brilliant. I tried a couple context menu add-ons and this one is like context menu on steroids. It supports GET and POST methods which opens opportunities to many other services. You can use any icons you want. And it's highly configurable, more than other add-ons. It also adds toolbar icon that acts as an alternative to the search bar which saves screen real estate.
One thing that bothers me is that modifying the default engines; removing tracking parameters for example, results in a 'name already exist' error. Which is bizarre. (edit: fixed as of v1.6.0.3... That has to be a record fast response)
Feature request:
1) Javascript/Bookmarklet support.
Edit:
Use short javascript snippets for more advanced local operations e.g. Find&Replace all instances of a word in a text box or copy and format selected text as bbcode, etc.
2) Search button: Save search history / always show last query
3) Search button: Make autocomplete optional
4) Search button: Match browser theme
5) Search button: Support middleclick
Edit:
Thanks for taking the time and listening.
One thing that bothers me is that modifying the default engines; removing tracking parameters for example, results in a 'name already exist' error. Which is bizarre. (edit: fixed as of v1.6.0.3... That has to be a record fast response)
Feature request:
1) Javascript/Bookmarklet support.
Edit:
Use short javascript snippets for more advanced local operations e.g. Find&Replace all instances of a word in a text box or copy and format selected text as bbcode, etc.
2) Search button: Save search history / always show last query
3) Search button: Make autocomplete optional
4) Search button: Match browser theme
5) Search button: Support middleclick
Edit:
Thanks for taking the time and listening.
Developer response
posted 7 years ago> One thing that bothers me is that modifying the default engines; removing tracking parameters for example, results in a 'name already exist' error. Which is bizarre.
That's a definite bug that must have popped up when I added the ability to change the name. I'll fix that today.
(edit) 6-13
v1.6.0.3 should fix the problem
> 1) Javascript/Bookmarklet support.
(edit 6-15) Ready for v1.6.1
>Edit:
>Use short javascript snippets for more advanced local operations e.g. Find&Replace all instances of a word in a text box or copy and format selected text as bbcode, etc.
Are you wanting to access bookmarklets from the context menu when using the option to manage search engines via bookmarks? If you have a github account, start a new topic at the support site so I can get more info.
> 2) Search button: Save search history / always show last query
> 3) Search button: Make autocomplete optional
(edit 6-14) Ready for v1.6.1
> 4) Search button: Match browser theme
(edit 6-14) Having some problems with this one. Can't seem to get color values for built-in themes like Dark. I'll keep on it.
> 5) Search button: Support middleclick
Ready for v1.6.1
That's a definite bug that must have popped up when I added the ability to change the name. I'll fix that today.
(edit) 6-13
v1.6.0.3 should fix the problem
> 1) Javascript/Bookmarklet support.
(edit 6-15) Ready for v1.6.1
>Edit:
>Use short javascript snippets for more advanced local operations e.g. Find&Replace all instances of a word in a text box or copy and format selected text as bbcode, etc.
Are you wanting to access bookmarklets from the context menu when using the option to manage search engines via bookmarks? If you have a github account, start a new topic at the support site so I can get more info.
> 2) Search button: Save search history / always show last query
> 3) Search button: Make autocomplete optional
(edit 6-14) Ready for v1.6.1
> 4) Search button: Match browser theme
(edit 6-14) Having some problems with this one. Can't seem to get color values for built-in themes like Dark. I'll keep on it.
> 5) Search button: Support middleclick
Ready for v1.6.1
197 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Paulthefox, 3 days agoAbsolutley excelent add on can customise it as much as needed and works perfect
- Rated 5 out of 5by Steven_Aston, 3 days ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Piper, a month ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Gemini62167, 2 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by HypnotizedNarcissist, 4 months agothe best from the best
my respect mike
easy, fast, great lay-out, top add-on
thank you very much
btw. and always good updates - Rated 5 out of 5by Кадочников Сергей, 4 months agoПрекрасное расширение, удобное, легко настраиваемое под себя.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Seän "Frostbyte" Shepherd, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by EarOfWheat, 7 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by darlington95, 7 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Dideldum, 7 months agoDefinitely the Best Search-addon. Nearly perfect.
Unfortunately the sidebar feature is not working (Firefox & Chromium).. - Rated 5 out of 5by Seän D. Shepherd, 8 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ninetynine, 9 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Dom0909, 10 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 10244801, 10 months agoDitched my two faithful companions Context Search Origin and Swift Selection Search when I found this babe.
- Rated 5 out of 5by biggsley, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Saud, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by LawrenceSan, a year agoI've used many, many different extensions in several different browsers over many years. (I'm an experienced web developer, starting when the web was first invented, and can code several different web languages -- in other words, I'm not a newbie.)
ContextSearch web-ext has the most complicated, buggy preferences interface I've ever seen in a browser extension. I have it running in both Firefox and Chrome, and when it works it's great -- but trying to customize it, add search engines, etc. is a nightmare.
Currently one of the engines in my ContextSearch list is "Google Maps". It works fine in Firefox, but doesn't work at all in Chrome, just leads to a blank page. So I tried exporting it from Firefox into Chrome. Forget it! The export/import features in the extension's customization interface appears to just export the URL for the icon, not for the search engine itself? And some of the gazillion preferences-interface elements for this extension, in both browsers, appear as just solid gray blocks -- regardless of what theme I use, or whether Dark Reader is on or off, or what other interface options I choose for ContextSearch itself. Of the options (including links) that I can see clearly, most of them don't do anything like what their name implies or what I'd expect them to do.
I haven't given up on it because, for the engines I finally get working, it's very useful. But I spend more time wrestling with this interface than with all my other (many) installed extensions put together! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 5599219, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12680106, 2 years ago
Developer response
posted 2 years ago(edit) That bug has been found and will be fixed in the next release
The save bug is known and may have been addressed in a recent version. I know it's been a persistent annoyance.
As for the transparency, you should be able to set that yourself using CS Options -> General -> User Styles. Use CSS selectors to apply opacity levels to the menu. If you need help, open an issue at the github site.- Rated 1 out of 5by mimigu, 2 years agoVersions after May no longer work. I would like to downgrade to an earlier version but can't find it.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoYou can find older versions here https://cup.aihedy.com/en-US/firefox/addon/contextsearch-web-ext/versions/
But depending on what when wrong, that may not fix your problems. If you could elaborate on the issue, either here or at the support site, I'd be happy to go over some troubleshooting with you. https://github.com/ssborbis/ContextSearch-web-ext - Rated 5 out of 5by bezuma, 2 years ago