Detect Zero-Width Characters

Detects zero-width characters, highlights the characters and containing DOM element, and allows sanitization and copying of text.

Detect Zero-Width Characters Chrome Extension

'Detect Zero-Width Characters' is an innovative Chrome extension designed to detect and highlight zero-width characters within any webpage. It not only highlights these invisible characters, but also alerts the user by flashing a warning at the bottom right of the screen. The extension also offers a very handy feature where users can simply select the text, right-click and choose the 'sanitize and copy' option, making dealing with these characters a breeze.

Extension stats

By: royaltonpatrick

Users: 535

Rating: 4.20

Version: 0.0.4 (Last updated: 2023-11-01)

Creation date: 2018-04-10

Permissions:

contextMenus
clipboardWrite

Size: 30.60K

Email: ro*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 38,496 ▼ 806

Other rankings

#642 in Privacy & Security ▼ 13 #27 in detect keyword 15

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Did not work

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Averie Lim, 2023-05-04

Don't work with textboxes

by

Gean M de Souza, 2022-07-21

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Detect Zero-Width Characters requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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