Select text and drag to search, with configurable directions, search groups, AI translation, AI Q&A, and screenshot OCR.
Users
129
+19 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#77K
#64K among extensions
Version
3.3.0
updated 7 Jul 2026
Users
monthly, 16 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:129 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 16 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:4 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.
About Drag Search Pro
Drag Search Pro
============================================================
⚡ One-line Description
============================================================
Select text and drag once to search, translate with AI, ask AI, or open multiple search results. Text inside images can also be extracted with screenshot OCR.
============================================================
📣 Detailed Description
============================================================
Drag Search Pro is a Chrome productivity extension built for frequent searching, research, foreign-language reading, academic lookup, and multi-site comparison.
It turns a repetitive workflow:
Copy text → Open a new tab → Paste → Press Enter
into a faster gesture:
Select text → Drag in a direction → Search, translate, or ask AI instantly
You can bind up, down, left, right, and even 8 drag directions to different search engines, AI translation, AI Q&A, or search groups. You can also select text and press number keys 1-9 to search quickly.
When text cannot be selected, such as text inside images, video frames, screenshots, or locked-down webpages, Screenshot OCR can recognize it locally so you can continue searching, translating, or asking AI.
============================================================
🚀 Why Install It
============================================================
🚀 Less copy and paste
Select text and drag once. Search results open immediately, without repeatedly copying, switching tabs, pasting, and pressing Enter.
🧭 Directions become shortcuts
Drag up for Google, right for Zhihu, down for AI translation, left for AI Q&A. Configure each direction the way you like.
🔎 Search multiple sites with one gesture
Search groups can open multiple results at once, such as GitHub + Stack Overflow + MDN, or Google Scholar + arXiv + Semantic Scholar.
🤖 In-page AI translation (AI model configuration required)
Stay on the current page and view translation results directly in the webpage. Useful for reading foreign-language articles, documents, papers, and technical references.
💬 In-page AI Q&A (AI model configuration required)
Use selected text as context, then ask follow-up questions, summarize, explain, or extract key points with multi-turn conversation support.
🖼 Screenshot OCR search
Text in images, video subtitles, and screenshots can be selected by area, recognized locally, and then used for search, translation, or AI Q&A.
Screenshot OCR is experimental and must be enabled in Settings. Recognition quality may vary depending on image clarity, fonts, and background.
🔓 Unlock mouse drag and right click
Temporarily restore selection, dragging, copying, and right-click behavior on pages that block them.
🧩 100+ built-in search engines
Covers general search, AI search, development, academic research, shopping, social media, translation, video, maps, and more.
🔐 Local-first privacy design
Search history stays on your device. Screenshot OCR runs locally. AI features only send selected text to the AI endpoint you configure when you actively trigger them; content is not uploaded to the developer's server.
============================================================
❤️ Product Intention
============================================================
The goal is to make searching, translating, and asking questions lighter, faster, and smoother.
Select text, drag once.
Search, translate, ask AI, and check multiple sites in one step.
Author: LaoQi
Growth
Window
Users
Change
Ratings
Rating
7 days
+8
+6.6%
0
0.00
30 days
+19
+17.3%
0
0.00
6 months
+21
+19.4%
+1
0.00
1 year
+61
+89.7%
+2
0.00
Chrome Web Store search rankings
Where Drag Search Pro appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change