Firefox Youtube Search Add-on

The following extension adds a menu item to the right-click menu that enabled you to search for the selected text.

Create a folder named search_youtube and add the following manifest.json and search_youtube.js files to this folder.

	{
	"manifest_version": 2,
	"name": "Search Youtube",
	"version": "1.0",
	"description": "Searches Youtube for the Selected Text.",
	"permissions": ["contextMenus", "activeTab"],
	"background": {
	"scripts": ["search_youtube.js"]
	}
	}

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	browser.contextMenus.create({
	id: "search-youtube",
	title: "Search Youtube",
	contexts: ["selection"]
	});
	browser.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(function(info, tab) {
	if(info.menuItemId == "search-youtube"){
	var searchYoutube = "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=" + info.selectionText;
	browser.tabs.create({url: searchYoutube});
	}
	});

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Go to about:debugging in Firefox and click Load Temporary Add-on and load the manifest.json file. Then right-click on the selected text on a webpage to search in Youtube.