Search Highlighter

Search Highlighter

Search and highlight keywords in any webpage via toolbar popup.

What is Search Highlighter?
'Search Highlighter' is a Chrome extension designed to streamline your browsing experience. It locates and highlights desired keywords on any web page, making it easy to locate specific information. Type your keyword into the toolbar popup UI and instantly see the keyword highlighted on the page. There are also adjustable options to enhance the highlighting functionality. Any bugs can be reported directly via the addon's homepage.
Stats
By: Yubi
Users: 3,000+
Rating: 2.86 (14)
Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2023-08-29)
Creation date: 2019-03-10
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 41.23K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Not available on Firefox
Search Highlighter
Search Highlighter (v0.1.4)
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Summary

Search Highlighter is an extension that enables you to find and highlight desired keywords on any web page.

Simply navigate to a web page, then, open toolbar popup UI and type your keyword in the designated area. Then click on the - Find - button or press - Enter - on your keyboard. All the matching words within the web page will be highlighted with yellow color. If you click on the - Clear - Button, the highlighted words will be cleared. There are also several options within the options page to adjust highlight functionality.

To report bugs, please fill out the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/search-highlighter.html).

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Has some unique features
  • Works well
  • User friendly
Cons
  • Doesn't support search of words shorter than 5 letters
  • Clears previous highlight upon new search
  • Malfunctions in dark theme webpage
  • Doesn't allow highlighting in PDFs
  • Doesn't respond when a word is typed and search is clicked
Most mentioned
  • Need for hiding options menu
  • Request for multiple color highlighting
  • No support for short word search
Recent reviews
useless
by hang hang, 2023-10-19

Absolutely useless. Won't search anything shorter than 5 letters, and clears the previous highlight upon a new search.
by nd4spd (V) nd4spd (V), 2022-02-17

Super! 5+
by Sergey Dorofeev Sergey Dorofeev, 2021-12-30
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Safety
Risk impact

Search Highlighter is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Search Highlighter is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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