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Is the Apple Dictionary app "look up" shortcut compatible with Firefox?

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aindriumay
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Mac OS has a very handy "look up" option when you highlight a word and right click (i.e. two-finger tap) on it, which opens up a definition of the highlighted word in the dictionary app. This appears to work in Chrome and other programs but not Firefox. Sad!

Mac OS has a very handy "look up" option when you highlight a word and right click (i.e. two-finger tap) on it, which opens up a definition of the highlighted word in the dictionary app. This appears to work in Chrome and other programs but not Firefox. Sad!

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Paul
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Hi

This sounds really cool and very useful, but if you cannot find it (or something similar) at addons.mozilla.org, it may be the case that the independent developer for that add-on has not created a version for Firefox.

The good news is that it is even easier to create a version of a chrome extension for Firefox Quantum with our new add-ons architecture. I recommend that you contact the developer and ask for a Firefox version to be made.