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qWiki

one-click Wikipedia lookup

qwiki

Install

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/qwiki/

(more images can be found there)

Usage

alt+lmb (alt key pressed + left mouse button) searches for the full Wikipedia article of the 'clicked' word (in your default language)

alt+shift+lmb for the short article (just a small part of the full)

alt+ctrl+lmb for the tabelaric part of the article

Quicksearch

alt+w shows/hides the search input box

"USA" searches for the Wikipedia article 'USA' in your default language

"de:USA" searches for the Wikipedia article 'USA' in german

"ru:USA" searches for the Wikipedia article 'USA' in russian

"de:2:USA" searches… and displays the short version

"de:3:USA" searches… and displays the tabelaric information

"en:?:sky" searches wiktionary.org for the english article about the word 'sky'

"de:?:sky" searches wiktionary.org for the german article about the (english) word 'sky'

"de:?:Himmel" searches wiktionary.org for the german article about the word 'Himmel' (english: sky)

"pl:piorun" searches the polish Wikipedia for 'piorun'

Configuration

in Firefox click the puzzle symbol

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then the gear symbol

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switch from details to preferences and select your default language in the dropdown.

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you might also change your click-combinations here by just holding your key (alt,shift,ctrl) + pressing a mouse button (lmb,mmb,rmb)

inside one of those fields showing the combination (next to complete, short, wikitable)

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