Row Highlighter for Gmail™

Highlights Gmail rows on mouse over with nice and shiny colors.

Row Highlighter for Gmail™ and Inbox™ Chrome Extension

Row Highlighter for Gmail™ and Inbox™ is a user-friendly tool that adds a burst of color to your Gmail and Inbox interfaces. The extension highlights email rows upon mouse-over, increasing visibility and organizational ease. It even extends support to the contacts list. Notably, from version 1.1, users can personalize the highlighting colors, offering a tailored email browsing experience. The extension owes its style format to stasnikiforov and its conception to Jhon from userstyles.
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Extension stats

Manifest V3
Users: -
Rating: 4.47
(51)
Version: 1.5.0 (Last updated: 2025-03-05)
Creation date: 2017-07-05
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 16.38K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Effective and helpful in organizing Gmail
  • Easy to use and install
  • Adds a useful highlighting feature to Gmail
Cons
  • Often stops working after updates to Chrome or Gmail
  • Limited customization options for highlight colors
  • Some users require reloads after installation
Most mentioned
  • The extension frequently stops working after updates
  • Users want the ability to customize highlight colors
  • Reloading Gmail is often necessary after installing the extension
User reviews
Awesome, plugin!
by Tomasz Kaźmierczyk, 2022-11-04

Love it. (You need to reload GMail after you install this.)
by Peter Lyons Kehl, 2022-03-05

Great extension !!.....Smart and helpful !!
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Row Highlighter for Gmail™ requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details
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We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Row Highlighter for Gmail™. Use it at your own risk.

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