Support the "Look Up" feature in macOS to quickly check word definitions

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Description of feature request

In macOS, the “Look Up” feature allows users to easily access the OS built-in dictionaries:

Look Up
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When using Anki to learn foreign vocabularies, it would be much more convenient for me if I could use the “Look Up” feature to find in-depth definitions of any words in the cards. I imagine many Anki language-learners on macOS would benefit greatly as well.

Additional notes

  • To my limited knowledge, this feature requires native macOS Contextual Menus in order to work.
    • …which means it works out of the box in native macOS apps.
    • Firefox, a non-native app, recently implemented native macOS Contextual Menus in version 89.0. I assume this means it’s not technically impossible to implement Contextual Menus and Look Up in Anki, although it could require much work.
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I’m not sure this is possible with Qt. If anyone has any insight, please let us know. :slight_smile:

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