External Link Highlighter

Change cursor for the links which open in a new tab

External Link Highlighter - Chrome Extension

External Link Highlighter is a Chrome extension that changes the cursor for links which open in a new tab, making it easy to identify external links at a glance.
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Extension stats

Manifest V2
Users: 174
7
Rating: 4.00
(2)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2019-05-03)
Creation date: 2019-04-27
Size: 9.12K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

User reviews

useful, thank you!
by Liem Tran, 2024-04-26

Add a external link icon rather then hovering and then finding the external link.
by Varinder Pal Singh, 2023-03-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

External Link Highlighter requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of External Link Highlighter. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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