Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick)

This is an offline Google Chrome extention. This is extension will highlight your mouse cursor and your mouse clicks.
What is Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick)?
'Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick)' is a Google Chrome extension designed to enhance clarity during screencast recordings and online presentations. By highlighting the mouse cursor and clicking locations, this tool enhances viewers' ability to follow cursor movements. Affordable and accessible, mClick can be a crucial addition to your screen recording software, including ShareX and LICEcap. With easy toggling on and off, mClick offers a seamless experience facilitating comprehension in your audience.

Extension stats

Users: 5,000+
Version: 0.4.6.4 (Last updated: 2016-07-29)
Creation date: 2016-07-28
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
Size: 135.17K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE INSTALLING: To use this extension for the first time, you must right-click the options and press the "Save" or "Reset" button. After that you can left click the icon to toggle the extension on or off.

Use this Chrome extension for the following:

  • While doing a screencast recording, this will clearly show where your mouse cursor is and where you click on the page. This can be useful for doing webapp tutorials.
  • While doing an online presentation, this can help so that your audience can clearly see where your mouse cursor is.
  • If you use Chromecast, this can highlight your mouse cursor to make it easier to spot.

Note: My favorite software for for recording gif screencasts is ShareX (https://getsharex.com/) for Windows and LICEcap (http://www.cockos.com/licecap/) for Linux (must use Wine to install LICEcap in Linux).

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Works for some users when Chrome is restarted and options reset to default.
  • Simple functionality for basic needs without cost.
  • Customization abilities for color changes.
Cons
  • Does not work for many users.
  • Difficulty in finding and using the menu.
  • Inconsistent performance across different setups.
Most mentioned
  • Not working for me.
  • Great idea but doesn't work.
  • I can't even turn on the extension.
Recent reviews
Where do I get the menu? Doesn't work, for people who need I recommend Frisky mouse in microsoft store.
by drawing me me, 2024-11-15

Great idea - but doesn't work. Even if I follow the instructions.
by Matthias Reinartz, 2023-08-04

didn't work
by first user, 2022-06-27
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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