We did not find a keyboard combo for this in our tests, but feel free to drop us a line if you know of any. While you are on a normal tab, you can't open the contextual "Search Google for "word(s)"" in a new incognito window. The browsers switches you to the new window right away. This opens the Google search for the highlighted word(s) in a new window, not a tab.
Repeat the procedure, but hold down Shift instead of Ctrl. Open the Search in an active window, rather than a tab This will keep your current tab selected and open a Google search in a new tab, which remains inactive for the time being. (While we're at it, quick tip: You can quickly highlight a word by double-clicking on it, rather than selecting it by dragging with the mouse.) Open the Search in an inactive tab, rather than an active tabĭo the same as above, but keep Ctrl pressed while you right-click the word(s) and click on Search Google for "highlighted word(s)". Sometimes though, you may want to continue reading the page you were on and not jump to a new tab straight away, while still being able to open a search in a new, inactive tab, for later browsing. This will open a Google search for those words, in a new tab which becomes active. While browsing a page with Chrome, you can highlight a word or more, right-click them and choose Search Google for "highlighted word(s)" from the context menu.
#How to search words on a page word chrome how to
In this guide, we'll show you how to open the same search but in a new inactive tab or a new active window, instead. By default, this will open a new active tab with a Google search for that exact phrase or word. In Chrome under Windows, when you highlight a word or a phrase from a web page, you get a nifty feature when you right-click it: Search Google for "highlighted phrase".