Page Links

Page Links

Generate and share links to text or headings on any webpage

What is Page Links?
Page Links is a Chrome extension that allows you to generate and share links to specific text or headings on any webpage. Simply highlight the text or hover over a heading, copy the link, and share it with anyone. When following the link, the browser will scroll to and highlight the selected text or heading. Linking to text is enabled by Text Fragments in Chrome and Edge browsers, while linking to headers works on all browsers.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 11
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2020-12-13)
Creation date: 2020-12-01
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
Size: 16.41K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Generate and share links to text or headings on any webpage.

Once the extension is installed, highlight the text you want to link to, right click, and select "Copy link to ...". This will copy a URL that can be shared with anyone* to link directly to selected text.

When following the shared link, the opener's browser will scroll to and highlight the text that was previously selected.

You can see an example of linking to specific text by pasting this URL into your browser:

https://web.dev/text-fragments/#:~:text=The%20Text%20Fragments%20proposal%20adds%20support%20for%20specifying%20a%20text%20snippet%20in%20the%20URL%20hash.%20When%20navigating%20to%20a%20URL%20with%20such%20a%20text%20fragment%2C%20the%20user%20agent%20can%20emphasize%20and%2For%20bring%20it%20to%20the%20user's%20attention.

Following this link will scroll the browser to and highlight the following text on that page:

"The Text Fragments proposal adds support for specifying a text snippet in the URL hash. When navigating to a URL with such a text fragment, the user agent can emphasize and/or bring it to the user's attention."

You can also generate a link to any heading on the page. Simply hover over any header and a link icon will show. Click the link to copy a URL that will link directly to that heading.

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Safety
Risk impact

Page Links is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Page Links has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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