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🧩 Chrome Extension: Search YouTube for Selected Text

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Simple Google Chrome browser extension that adds a context menu to search YouTube for selected text on a webpage. Just highlight the text, right click and choose 'Search YouTube for'. Selected query will be passed to YouTube's search page in a new browser tab.

chrome-extension-search-youtube

🌟 Installation

You can easily install the extension from the Chrome Web Store.

️🛠️ Development

To install the extension locally for development:

  1. 🖥️ Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/w431/chrome-extension-search-youtube-selected-text.git
    cd chrome-extension-search-youtube-selected-text
  2. 📦 Install dependencies:

    npm install
  3. Build the project:

    npm run build
  4. 🌐 Load the extension in Chrome:

    • Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/.
    • Enable "Developer mode" at the top right.
    • Click on "Load unpacked" and select the dist folder from your project directory.

🌍 Supported Languages

  • English
  • Arabic

Feel free to translate this extension to your language. Contributions are welcome!

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit pull requests or open issues.


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