Right-click menu option to search selected text with Google in a New Tab.

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0.0.0.1
Update
July 21, 2023
Size
8.85KiB
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Users
98
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
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Search selected text with Google in new Tab Extension

With a recent update for Chrome Beta, the default right-click menu option to search with Google began opening results in a side panel, seemingly now impossible to disable with flags. This extension brings back the familiar functionality by restoring the old context menu button to search the selected text with Google in a new tab instead. It's important to note that this extension does not replace the default menu item; it simply adds an additional option, as default menu items cannot be adjusted.

Update 2023-07-20: Today's update for Chrome Beta (116.0.5845.42) has implemented a Right-click menu option to search selected text in a New Tab, rendering this extension mostly useless. I'll keep it up on the store for now though, in case anyone is using the affected version or has a specific use case for it. Thank you Google :)
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Search selected text with Google in new Tab", "version": "0.0.0.1", "description": "Right-click menu option to search selected text with Google in a New Tab.", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "permissions": [ "contextMenus" ], "host_permissions": [ "https://www.google.com/" ], "optional_host_permissions": [ "*://*/*" ], "externally_connectable": { "matches": ["https://*.google.com/*"] }, "action": { "default_icon": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" } }, "background": { "service_worker": "service_worker.js", "type": "module" }}
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How to download and manually install Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Search selected text with Google in new Tab extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Search selected text with Google in new Tab extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Search selected text with Google in new Tab extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Search selected text with Google in new Tab Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension file

Select and download the Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Search selected text with Google in new Tab extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Alexia Mandla Ainsworth (ID: 000000621465c58e) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/16/2023 For me, this new "feature" of the side panel has just appeared as of 08/2023. It is such a despicable waste of effort and space for every person involved - the poor coders who had to make this abomination, the beta testers who have had to suffer through it longer than the rest of us, and us regular consumers who are now hoping for a faster crawl toward death to avoid laying our eyes upon this wretched side panel any longer. I am beyond appalled and disappointed with Google for implementing this "feature" in such a violent way - why is there no ability to return to the old functionality? Or even just disable it? I hope the people who thought up this horrid thing are cursed with hyperhidrosis and a constant itch just out of reach. Thank you to this kind person for creating an extension to right Google's wrongs.

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Sarkawt Hawar (ID: 000000d909b6dd6d) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/14/2023 Yup Guys, who thought we gonna need this, shame on google, thank you ma man.

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Memento Mori (ID: 00000024729b703f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/14/2023 That's great! This extension solved the issue of the cheesy Side Panel that google so insistently enforces. Hey google, why did simply opening a new tab with right click become a quest for me? What is wrong with you?

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Valkyrie (ID: 000000e870002110) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/12/2023 Works just as you'd expect, does exactly what you'd want. Thank you so much for this extension and cleaning up the mess that Google is making! <3

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Proceph (ID: 0000000727bb6fd7) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/29/2023 Amazing. Drove me mad how there is absolutely NO way to disable the garbage side search now and the flags are now useless. All other extensions have nested menus which do not solve the problem or are long ways of solving it. Thankfully rage searching 'disable side panel chrome' brought this up 😂. I do suggest changing or shortening the name to something people might search, that way more people can find the solution to Google's latest nightmare.