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What is the FF 4 equivalent of an IE 8 Accelerator?

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In IE 8, I could select a clock of text, then click right and search on that text with a list of several search providers, like Google.

How would I accomplish this in FF 4?

Please reply.

TIA

In IE 8, I could select a clock of text, then click right and search on that text with a list of several search providers, like Google. How would I accomplish this in FF 4? Please reply. TIA

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This add-on for Firefox will let you right-click and search for selected text with a list of search engines:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/context-search/

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This add-on for Firefox will let you right-click and search for selected text with a list of search engines:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/context-search/

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@mbrubeck -

Nice, thanks!

Is it possible to configure which search engines you would like to use?

I don't see that.

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It uses the Search Engines that appear in the Search Bar.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Search%20bar