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Search web from context menu in Firefox on iOS opens Safari

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nikhilpjoseph
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The issue has been reported here: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/12053

I have Firefox as my default browser on iOS. However, tapping “search web” from the context menu that appears when text is selected, opens Safari instead of a new tab in Firefox. The only workaround is to tap “look up” from the context menu and tap “search web” in Siri, breaking up what earlier required a single step into two steps.

The issue has been reported here: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios/issues/12053 I have Firefox as my default browser on iOS. However, tapping “search web” from the context menu that appears when text is selected, opens Safari instead of a new tab in Firefox. The only workaround is to tap “look up” from the context menu and tap “search web” in Siri, breaking up what earlier required a single step into two steps.

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Paul
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Hi

Thank you for your question. Please follow that issue report for progress on this problem.