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Wikipedia:Tools/Browser tools/Mozilla Firefox/Plugin: Highlight searching

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Description

Allows the user to highlight a word or phrase on a webpage and search it on Wikipedia and Wiktionary through a right-click menu.

Installation instructions:

  1. Navigate to the download page[dead link‍] for the Merriam-Webster "Firefox Popup" plugin.
  2. Follow the instructions on the page to install the plugin.
  3. In Firefox, click Tools/extensions on the menu bar.
  4. Highlight the Firefox Popup plugin, and click the 'options button'.
  5. Add the entries (see code below) in the options box:

Code:

See "Instructions" above.
Wikipedia
 Wikipedia Search for "$"
 W
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=$&fulltext=Search
wiktionary
 wiktionary Search for "$"
 w
 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=$&fulltext=Search

Usage

Highlight a word or phrase on a webpage, right-click, and select Wikipedia Search for "example" or Wiktionary Search for "example".
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