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firefox highlight word and go to website
firefox 8 windows 7
I can highlight a word and right click
search on google
I want to be able to right click and go to word in browser
I can not update because I am using a product that only works on firefox 8
I can highlight a word and right click
search on google
I want to be able to right click and go to word in browser
I can not update because I am using a product that only works on firefox 8
ASKER
highlightedWord=website.co m
i currently have
google.com?=highlightedWor d
okay you sent me
wikipedia.org?=highlighted Word
what I want is
highlightedWord in the browser window
i currently have
google.com?=highlightedWor
okay you sent me
wikipedia.org?=highlighted
what I want is
highlightedWord in the browser window
Sorry that did not make me any wiser at all
ASKER
the word could be
experts-exchange.com
I highlight this word
and right click
to go to experts-exchange.com
experts-exchange.com
I highlight this word
and right click
to go to experts-exchange.com
Ahh.
Attempt to load highlighted string as a website - that would not be a word but at least two words with a dot.
You will still need grease money. Did you try it?
Attempt to load highlighted string as a website - that would not be a word but at least two words with a dot.
You will still need grease money. Did you try it?
ASKER
tried grease monkey
did not work
a website is one word
did not work
a website is one word
Not sure what you mean "didn't work" is not a lot of info
And one word? You mean a string consisting of a domain name with at least two parts as in bla.com
And one word? You mean a string consisting of a domain name with at least two parts as in bla.com
ASKER
one string
there is no option when I right click
to
go to string as url
there is no option when I right click
to
go to string as url
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ASKER
this solution works
thank you
thank you
Try
greasemonkey
For an example of highlight and go somewhere, try
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/7715