R - click menu "search Google for" [text]

My FF (13.0.1) intermittently offers via the click menu option right for "search Google for ' some text that I chose.

AFAICT there is no rhyme/reason when it is and isn't, and I want to do it every time.

I don't think I could be the only one, but maybe my research OS is not what it was.

Thank you!

Can you give an example of a situation where it does not appear, and text is selected?

It does work in a text box or the entry form.

Tags: Firefox

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