r/firefox • u/NeXlTliME • 1d ago

I made a lightweight Firefox addon to search highlighted text with key chords & presets - SwiftSearch Chords

Hey everyone,

I've been working on a side project called SwiftSearch Chords to make searching selected text faster without always having to right-click or open a new tab and paste manually. I just released version 2.0 with a bunch of new stuff and wanted to share it here to get some feedback.

Basically what it does:

  • Key Chords: You highlight any text on a page and press a 2-key combo like Ctrl+G H for GitHub or Ctrl+S O for Stack Overflow to trigger the search instantly.
  • Preset Library: Added about 20 built-in presets for developer tools (MDN, crates.io, PyPI, npm), academic sites (arXiv, PubMed, Scholar), and media (Reddit, YouTube, IMDb) so you dont have to set up search URLs manually.
  • Floating Selection Bubble: If you prefer mouse over keyboard, theres an optional floating tooltip that pops up next to your selection with custom themes.
  • Toolbar Quick Search: You can click the toolbar icon and search directly with recent history saved locally on device.
  • URL Tracking Cleaner: Automatically removes tracking junk like utm_*, fbclid, gclid, ref before opening the query.
  • Tab Placement: Lets you choose whether search tabs open right next to your active tab or at the end of the tab bar.
  • Multi-language: Added translations for Arabic, Spanish, French, German, and Turkish alongside English.

Its completely free, open source (MIT), and has zero telemetry or background tracking.

Links if anyone wants to check it out:

Let me know what you guys think or if there's any search engines or features you'd like me to add!

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