# Drag to Preview

> Preview links by dragging them, search selected text by dragging, and provides secure, unrestricted, modification-free cross-origin access.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/drag-to-preview](https://chrome-stats.com/d/drag-to-preview)

## Overview

- **ID:** `drag-to-preview`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** A:uxer
- **Daily users:** 63
- **Weekly downloads:** 12
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.0.26
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-21
- **First published:** 2024-06-10
- **Size:** 48 KB
- **Data as of:** 2024-11-30
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/drag-to-preview/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/u-Sir/peek-pop/issues](https://github.com/u-Sir/peek-pop/issues)

## Description

This plugin allows you to preview links by dragging them, search selected text by dragging, and provides secure, unrestricted, modification-free cross-origin access.

Features:
- Preview any link by dragging it.(Secure, unrestricted, modification-free cross-origin access)
- Search any selected text by dragging.(configurable)
- Supports images.(optional)
- Supports popup in background.(optional)
- Supports hover to trigger(optional)
- Automatically closes the preview when clicking on the original page.(optional)
- Automatically remembers the popup window position and size. ***you need to click/scroll on the popup page.*** (optional)
- Supports all browser's native shortcuts such as forward, backward, and reader mode (for full support, you need to set the popup window type to 'Normal').
- Customizable popup window style via userChrome.css (you need to set the popup window type to 'Normal').
- Supports returning the previewed page to display in the original window.(via context menu or double tap specific key)
- Customizable blur effect.
- Drag action triggered only when the modifier key is held down. (configurable)
- Works with Firefox Multi-Account Containers.
- Customizable popup window size.
- Popups can appear near the mouse cursor or centered (optional, supports multi-monitors).
- Blacklist supports regular expressions, wildcards, and plain text.
- Supports response on specific directions.(optional)
- Press Escape to close the current popup page.(optional)

Privacy:
This plugin does not collect any personal information.

This plugin is developed based on the following plugin, thanks to emvaized for open-sourcing it:
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/1cd25a1614c8979ccfe6356ddbc9379d1e4b877374c966127bbc2fcc8274c4a0/https%3A//github.com/emvaized/open-in-popup-window-extension/tree/main" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/emvaized/open-in-popup-window-extension/tree/main</a>
Of course, this plugin is also open-source:
<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/772551827f34b8cd6a00a216bfdcfee159615448673a33e78a0173d8fc8a1eec/https%3A//github.com/u-Sir/peek-pop" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/u-Sir/peek-pop</a>

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `cookies`
- `*://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/drag-to-preview)