Fenix: Add "Search" to the context menu when a word is selected

[Lululalu]

This is something very helpful, that most browsers already offer.

[pwd-github]

I just came to report this, but also to report that in the absence of this, on my device at least, I'm seeing an option for "Search Privately" which takes me over to Opera.

[Lululalu]

@pwd-github this is expected. Opera itself adds this feature to the context menu.

Also, I test sometime ago, and this feature is also missing in the Reference Browser.

[pwd-github]

@lululalu this doesn't happen in Fennec and shouldn't happen in Fenix either. No user expects to try and search for a word and then be made to have their browsing experience hijacked by another browser.

[Lululalu]

@pwd-github This is an Opera Mobile feature. You can tell them what you think, and hopefully they will listen.

If this doesn't happen is fennec, it's because fennec is the one doing something wrong. Several apps add functions to the context menu, e.g Google Translator, and you can use the GT app through any other browser or app, by selecting text, except fennec. The same is the case for the "search privately" option that Opera adds. Edge mobile does this too, it adds "search in Edge" on the context menu. Fennec is missing the third party apps entries on the context menu. Fenix on the other hand is doing it right.

As someone who simultaneously uses more than only one language, I miss this on fennec very much.

[pwd-github]

@lululalu I'll leave it up to people far smarter and more well informed to handle such a decision.

[Lululalu]

@pwd-github Am I misunderstanding something here, or you are calling dumb?

[pwd-github]

@lululalu what? No! I was not calling you dumb in the slightest, such a thought never crossed my mind. In hindsight, I can see that by failing to include "than myself", I inadvertantly may have made you feel targeted and I can assure you it wasn't my intention. Sorry for any offence that I may have caused and I look forward to seeing you again as we continue to file bugs in a bid to make Fenix the best browser it can be.

[Lululalu]

@pwd-github Thank you for clarifying that. And sorry for the misunderstanding.

[lime124]

@jpfaller - what sort of string would we want?

i noticed if you have duckduckgo installed it says "search duckduckgo" in the context menu of fenix. idk if that stays there if we add our own fenix search or if there would then be two search options. maybe someone from eng has an answer to that...? i'll ping in slack.

[ekager]

I don't think we can replace other options that other apps have set. We have this feature in Focus. The string there was "Search Privately"

[pwd-github]

@ekager it's probably worth mentioning that said "search privately" option, from Opera, is blocked in Fennec.

[jpfaller]

Search privately works!

[sblatz]

Ux will dig into this more

@vesta0 to drop a screenshot here :)

[vesta0]

@Lululalu is this issue specific to adding a "search in Fenix" entry to the 3rd party browser context menu, similar to the implementation in Focus, Opera, and DuckDuckGo ?

[Lululalu]

@vesta0 although that's a good idea that's is not what am talking about. What I am talking about is the ability to search a word, in a new tab, inside Fenix itself.

[vesta0]

Thanks for confirming! We will address your request in #5695 (I created a new issue to make sure the ask is clear for engineers)