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Stats Highlit Highlit Selection Highlighter Selection Highlighter
User count 952 8,000+
Average rating 3.19 4.59
Rating count 16 78
Last updated 2019-03-08 2024-01-14
Size 15.95K 481.28K
Version 0.2.2 3.1.0
Short description
Highlights all occurrences of the currently selected word on page. Highlight occurrences of selected text, with or without a keypress.
Full summary

An extension that highlights all occurrences of the currently selected word or phrase (recognizing different word forms in English). This is useful to outline central concepts in a text, or visually highlight where a specific identifier is used in code in browser window. Double-click a word on the current page to highlight it and all it's occurrences.

For code inspection and document analysis: search for and find keywords.

  • No need to press CMD+F
  • Maintains current selection
  • Open source and configurable options (JavaScript)
  • Ensure a "gate" key is pressed
  • Match whole word and/or case-insensitive
  • Blacklist bad hosts and ancestor HTML nodes

Highlight works on all sites, including GitHub, StackOverflow, HackerNews, Reddit, etc.

See all code involved:

  1. Dev Console -> Sources -> Content Scripts -> Selection Highlighter
  2. chrome://extensions -> Selection Highlighter -> Options -> Dev Console -> Sources

https://github.com/neaumusic/selection-highlighter