MultiLine Text Selection

Name: MultiLine Text Selection
Rating: 3.7083333333333335 (72 reviews)
Author: DNishanth

Make, copy, and search multiple concurrent text selections.

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MultiLine Text Selection lets you make multiple noncontiguous text selections simultaneously on any webpage. Easily copy your selections with customizable formatting options including newlines, spaces, or bullets. Use keyboard shortcuts to create, undo, or lock your selections for uninterrupted work. Right-click any selection to search it individually on Google, YouTube, or Wikipedia, or search combined selections in a single tab. The extension supports intuitive controls for Windows (ctrl) and Mac (cmd) and allows toggling all copy and search features from the toolbar icon. Your text selections are handled securely and stored only locally, ensuring your privacy. Ideal for research, content creation, and knowledge gathering workflows.

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14 Last updated: 2023-09-05

Creation date:

2019-10-02

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Permissions:

contextMenus
activeTab
storage

Size:

68.36KB

Email:

dn*****@gmail.com

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

16 hours ago

Ranking

# 7,724 ▲ 91

Other rankings

#4055 in Tools ▼ 23

#3 in selection keyword 18 ▼ 1

#43 in line keyword 47 ▲ 3

#94 in prevent keyword 30 ▼ 2

#111 in shift keyword 27 ▼ 3

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User reviews

MultiLine Text Selection is praised for enabling multiple text selections on sites like Wikipedia and its ease of use by simply holding Ctrl. It fills a gap not addressed by Chrome natively and is especially useful for students and researchers. However, its limited compatibility restricts usage to select websites, with poor functionality on PDFs, Google Docs, and Mac systems. Several users encounter bugs such as losing input focus on search bars and inconsistent multi-select behavior requiring repeated key presses. Reports of the extension ceasing to function after Chrome updates suggest maintenance issues.

Pros

Effectively allows selection of multiple text parts on web pages like Wikipedia.
Simple to use; works by holding the Ctrl (or Command) key without additional settings.
Much appreciated by users for enabling functionality not built into Chrome by default.
Increases productivity especially for academic or research purposes.
Works well on specific sites such as Wikipedia and some Google search result pages.

Cons

Extension only works on certain websites; limited or no functionality on many others including PDFs, Google Docs, Chrome Web Store.
Reported issues with losing focus on search bars, notably on YouTube and Google search.
Does not work consistently on Mac systems.
Bug where holding Ctrl key continuously to select multiple items fails; users have to release and re-press the key.
Users report it stops working after Chrome updates and lacks adequate support or fixes.

Recent reviews

My God it just works. Does what I wanted it to do (highlight multiple selections of text on different areas of the same page). Thank you.

Mi*****, 2025-03-15

Tremendo!! Una extensión ultra necesaria. Gracias por hacerla <3

*****, 2025-01-27

Do not allow me to use pasting into select boxes, unless I click and start type into it.

Pr*****, 2024-11-18

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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MultiLine Text Selection requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

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MultiLine Text Selection has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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