Detect Zero-Width Characters

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

What is Detect Zero-Width Characters?

'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.

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By: royaltonpatrick

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Users: 528 ▼ -22

Rating: 4.20 (5)

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

Creation date: 2018-04-10

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

contextMenus
clipboardWrite

Size: 30.60K

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

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 37664 ▼ 872

Other rankings

#377 in Privacy & Security ▼ 7 #17 in detect keyword 17 ▼ 1

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Summary

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Detects zero-width characters on a page.

Highlights zero-width characters.
Highlights the DOM element containing zero-width characters.
Displays a warning at bottom-right of element.
Select text and right-click to sanitize and copy.

User reviews

Did not work

Averie Lim, 2023-05-04

Don't work with textboxes

Gean M de Souza, 2022-07-21

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Safety

Risk impact

Detect Zero-Width Characters may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.