Open-A-Thing ˣᵃ icon

Open-A-Thing ˣᵃ

by X A · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Open selected text as URL or ask a search engine about it; maximize frames as tabs.

Users
23
−3 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#146K
#122K among extensions
Version
2.0.2022.77
updated 21 Mar 2022

Users

monthly, 3 years
01223Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 23 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
001Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 0 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 Open-A-Thing ˣᵃ

On different occasions a new context menu item is made available, allowing you to easily do different things: • Selected text: → Open a selected *plain text url* → Search for arbitrary text using a user definable search engine • Frame or inline frame: → Maximize that frame, ie open the frame's url in a new tab • A media item: → Open source url of media item

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−2−8.0%00.00
30 days−3−11.5%00.00
6 months+3+15.0%00.00
1 year−1−4.2%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
2.0.2022.7720 Mar 2022
1.2.2017.302214 Jul 2017

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
14 Jul 2017
Size
23 KB
Languages
de, en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
xaxa.vivaldi.net
Support
xaxa.vivaldi.net
Extension ID
knbdanpdpcpakdjiohckoedknpebkdlc

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 0, likelihood 2
Permissions
contextMenusstorage

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