touch to search [Firefox mobile feature]

[yoti]

I've recently made the switch to Firefox as my default browser on Android, for convenient syncing, as it's my default browser on my Linux desktop. there's one ingenious Chrome feature I miss in my mobile experience. that is the 'Contextual Search' or 'Touch to Search'. I think it can be done better in Firefox mobile.

it's a multifunctional bar that pops from the bottom (within a convenient thumb-reach), that can do numerous things:

• run a quick search, on top of your viewed tab, of a highlighted term.
• display a dictionary definition of the highlighted term (incredibly useful when reading articles). or if a whole sentence is selected, it shows a full translation of it to your language.
• open links in a pop up preview panes (which is very time saving when browsing through a blog/magazine or doing a research, when you want to peek into a page or article to see if it's for your liking). 

 

edit, a suggestion I came up with:

would love to hear your thoughts 🙂

[Jon]

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

[Eelalzep]

Indeed it would be very amazing to have. I just find out FF didn't have it(Kinda dumb of me tho,lol).

[Mustard4092]

I use the Chrome function many times everyday. It's so useful for me that I wouldn't use any other browser without the functionality, even if they offer extensions. Unless there is an extension that does that, which I'm not sure can be programmed.

[yoti]

@Mustard4092totally agree. it's such a key feature that eases out the mobile browsing experience. I don't understand how it isn't shipped by default in all mobile browsers...

I do use Firefox even without the feature. I do not wish to use Google products... but I've missed this feature dearly since I made the switch.

[sebsdnl]

It's a great idea

[ffffff]

These are all features I really missed when switching to Firefox.

Reading is one of the easiest ways to find new words, so it makes sense that a web browser—perhaps the most popular reading tool worldwide—should have a readily available dictionary. Opening new tabs to search is disruptive, we can do better (as Chrome has shown).

[oo24]

I want to switch from Chrome to Firefox but unfortunately this essential functionality is missing. Please implement!

[hanspeda]

Yes please! Context search, quick search, search highlighted text. I need this, after I switched from brave. I would pay good money for a plugin!

[hanspeda]

Yes please! Context search, quick search, search highlighted text. I need this, after I switched from brave. I would pay good money for a plugin!