Multiple Search and Highlight

Highlight multiple words separated by comma, space or arbitrary separator with persistent history

Multiple Search and Highlight Chrome Extension

'Multiple Search and Highlight' is a Chrome extension that allows users to highlight multiple search terms on large online documents rapidly. It possesses built-in features such as regular expression highlighting, different word separators, and keyboard navigation, providing an enhanced browsing experience. It operates entirely offline, ensuring no server-side interaction and maximum privacy. This tool automatically saves your search queries, offering a list of previous searches based on domain.

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By: brian.girko

Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.19

(42)

Version: 0.5.0 (Last updated: 2025-01-20)

Creation date: 2020-03-04

Permissions:

storage
activeTab
scripting

Size: 114.69K

Email: br*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 6,159 ▲ 60

Other rankings

#3079 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 22

#47 in works offline keyword 34

#53 in press keyword 16 ▲ 2

#57 in search keyword 51 ▼ 5

#88 in match keyword 9 ▲ 1

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Saves hours of time each month
Works effectively on regular web pages
Good support for multi-highlight searches
Ability to change colors of highlights
Supports multi-page scrolling without interrupting searches

Cons

Does not work with in-browser PDFs
User interface could be improved
Lacks functionality within iframes
Stops working after navigating on some sites (e.g. LinkedIn)
Some users experience loss of highlighting functionality

Most mentioned

Inability to search within PDFs
Saves time with multi-word highlighting
Issues with functionality in specific contexts (like bank portals and iframes)
Lack of support or updates reported by some users
Desire for more features and customization options

User reviews

works in regular pages, not PDFs online

Extropian Transhumanism Transcend, 2025-02-05

This plugin is almost unsupported. I have developed a new plugin and hope everyone can try it out

yaofa wang, 2024-12-08

Perfect, works sopt-on , it would have been great to have been able to work on browser based PDF opened files

Ed, 2024-08-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Multiple Search and Highlight does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains:

Risk likelihood

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High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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