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Can you make a menu for the right-click search so that when I highlight text and search, I can choose which search engine to use?

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If you Highlight text you can right-click on it to pull up a short menu. One option is "Search x search engine for 'highlighted text'" Previously, the search engine selected would be whichever search engine was selected on the search bar, so Google or Amazon.com, etc. Because you can no longer change that selection before you search, the search engine is set to your default. Was an annoyance before, but now it's just a hindrance.

If you Highlight text you can right-click on it to pull up a short menu. One option is "Search x search engine for 'highlighted text'" Previously, the search engine selected would be whichever search engine was selected on the search bar, so Google or Amazon.com, etc. Because you can no longer change that selection before you search, the search engine is set to your default. Was an annoyance before, but now it's just a hindrance.

Réiteach roghnaithe

Strongly recommend Context Search extension which will solve your problem

- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/context-search/?src=search

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

Strongly recommend Context Search extension which will solve your problem

- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/context-search/?src=search

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You can open the Search tab in Options/Preferences (positioned between Tabs and Content) to select the default search engine.

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Thanks so much! This is EXACTLY the solution I was looking for, so grateful for the point in the right direction