A Firefox extension that adds a context menu item to search selected text in your self-hosted GitLab instance.
- Select any text on a webpage
- Right-click and choose Search GitLab for "..."
- A new tab opens with the GitLab search results
- Open the extension options (click the toolbar icon or go to Add-ons > GitLab Search > Preferences)
- Enter your GitLab instance URL (e.g.
https://gitlab.example.com) - Click Save
Load as a temporary extension in Firefox:
- Go to
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox - Click Load Temporary Add-on
- Select the
manifest.jsonfile from this directory