Multiple Search and Highlight

Highlight multiple words separated by comma, space or arbitrary separator with persistent history
What is Multiple Search and Highlight?
'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.

Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Rating: 4.18 (39)
Version: 0.4.4 (Last updated: 2022-03-06)
Creation date: 2020-03-04
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
Size: 114.69K

Other platforms

Multiple Search and Highlight (v0.2.1)
4.36 (44) 1,314+
Multiple Search and Highlight (v0.2.1)
4.20 (9) 5,561+
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Extension summary

This extension is meant to highlight multiple terms on large documents as fast as possible. This version uses native highlighting which guarantees the highliest possible searching performance without altering the DOM tree.

Features:

  1. Does not manipulate DOM tree
  2. Fast response on large document trees
  3. Fast response on multiple queries
  4. Supports regular expression highlighting
  5. Supports a few different word separator
  6. Supports keyboard navigation (Enter to search for the next match and Shift + Enter to search the previous match)
  7. Works completely offline

Privacy: This extension works completely offline. There is no server-side interaction whatsoever.

Query History:

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User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Saves time and reduces effort in searching multiple terms.
  • Effective for use cases involving id numbers and lengthy text.
  • Good for multi-word highlighting and carrying searches across multiple pages.
Cons
  • Not functional within PDFs or browser-based PDF files.
  • Has issues with iframe content not being search-able.
  • Inactivity when clicking on page elements, interrupting the search.
Most mentioned
  • Time-saving capabilities.
  • Not working in PDFs.
  • Issues with iframe content.
Recent reviews
Perfect, works sopt-on , it would have been great to have been able to work on browser based PDF opened files
by Ed, 2024-08-22

This an awesome plugin! Caused an me ultimate wow-moment! Will be a pinned plugin in my Chrome! Thanks for it!
by Alexander Domeshek, 2024-08-02

Macht genau was es soll und wenn entsprechend eingestellt (Save the query for> any website) auch auf allen offnen Tabs, so das man nicht bei jedem Tab das Suchwort eingeben muss, wie bei der Suche per STRG+F, was einfach nervend ist.
by Leonidas Paule, 2024-06-17
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Multiple Search and Highlight does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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