# highlight-on-copy

> Changes selection color for 200ms when you copy text.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/highlight-on-copy](https://chrome-stats.com/d/highlight-on-copy)

## Overview

- **ID:** `highlight-on-copy`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Eggy
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-28
- **First published:** 2024-08-27
- **Size:** 7.98 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/highlight-on-copy/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Eggy-s/HighlightOnCopy](https://github.com/Eggy-s/HighlightOnCopy)

## Description

When copying text, the selection color changes to indicate the text has been copied, it then reverts back to the default selection color.

## Rankings

- #54,715 — Overall
- #180 — highlighter

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardWrite`
- `clipboardRead`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/highlight-on-copy)