Google a list of names

[TheKiller]

Say we have a list of names, each name in a new line.

1. Iron Man
2. Spiderman
3. Superman
   ...

Is there an extension in which we can insert the list and have Firefox search each keyword and open 3 tabs with the search results?
Thanks.

[dickvl]

Maybe try a bookmarklet:

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javascript:(function(){var h='https://www.google.com/search?q=',s=window.getSelection().toString(),i,L=[],U=[],t=new RegExp("([^\n]+)\n?","gi");while(t.test(s)){L.push(h+RegExp.$1)}if(L=prompt(L.join('\n'),L.join(','))){L=L.split(/[,]/);for(i=0;L[i];i++){void(window.open(L[i]))}}})()

[TheKiller]

How would i use that? This should be an useful and easy to write extension

[dickvl]

A bookmarklet works like a normal bookmark.
The only difference is that you use JavaScript in the location filed of the bookmark instead of the URL of a web page.

Create a new bookmark and paste the JavaScript code in its location field.
See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet

This is a very simple bookmarklet that splits the selected text by a line break (linefeed: \n or %0a as defined via the RegExp("([^\n]+)\n?")) and works for text formatted like you posted above.
It won't work in other cases like quoted strings or comma separated strings.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... xpressions

[therube]

Neat. Works.

(If you use NoScript, the domain of the page you are on needs to be Allowed.)

[TheKiller]

I added the bookmark... But how do i actually use it?
I tried highlighting the text and pushing the bookmark, but it just opens an empty new tab.

[therube]

Highlight some text on a page, then click the "bookmark" ("button").

Make sure you copied, pasted, the supplied code correctly.
It should be all on one line.


Using the Bookmarks Toolbar

[TheKiller]

It works thanks. I dont know what i did wrong before.