Context Menu Search

Search for selected text or image URL using the context menu

Context Menu Search is a versatile Chrome extension that enables users to effortlessly search selected text or image URLs using the right-click context menu. This tool supports multiple search engines, providing instant search capabilities without navigating away from the web page. Users can customize their search experience by exporting and importing search engines, ensuring they retain their preferences even after extension updates. For more details or support, users can reach out via email, and the open-source code is available on GitHub.

Key features include seamless integration into the browser’s context menu, support for text and image URL searches, easy management of search engines through export/import functions, and an open-source development approach fostering transparency and community contributions.

By:
https://grinvik.com
Users:
3,000
Rating:
4.33
(24)
Version:
3.2.7 Last updated: 2025-03-04
Creation date:
2018-08-29
Risk:
Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • downloads
  • storage
Size:
183.00KB
Email:
w3*****@gmail.com
URLs:
Website
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Chrome Web Store
Data ingested on:
2025-07-07

User reviews

Context Menu Search is praised for its usefulness, ease of customization, and clean, lightweight design. Users appreciate its export/import settings feature and value it as a replacement for similar browser tools. However, multiple reviews report issues with editing search options, especially adding certain sites like Amazon and eBay. Problems with option menus not functioning properly and limitations like inability to search directly on images or annoyances with text selection were also noted. The extension continues to be highly valued despite some usability and customization challenges.
Pros
  • Highly useful and efficient for contextual searching.
  • Allows easy customization of search engines and parameters.
  • Lightweight and clean interface with simple setup.
  • Supports exporting and importing settings for backup and transfer.
  • Works well as a replacement for similar tools on other browsers like Firefox.
Cons
  • Issues with customizing and adding certain search sites like Amazon and eBay in recent versions.
  • Problems with options such as modifying, importing, or exporting settings not working properly.
  • Lack of ability to trigger context menu searches directly on images with image link parameters.
  • Some inconveniences like needing to select text before using the context menu search.
  • Occasional presence of URL-encoding artifacts like "%20" instead of spaces in search phrases.
Recent reviews
great
by Mo*****, 2025-06-26

Extremely useful extension ❤️❤️❤️😎
by Du*****, 2025-06-08

I am very surprised this is not a default thing on browsers
by Ri*****, 2024-10-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact
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Context Menu Search requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Medium Allows management of download operations but generally doesn't severely affect security unless misused.
Risk likelihood
Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Context Menu Search has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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