Line Pointer

Expand your pointer
What is Line Pointer?
Line Pointer is a Chrome extension that allows you to expand your pointer by drawing lines for reading. Simply toggle the line with Ctrl + ` (grave accent). Inspired by Mike Lin's CrossHair (2006).

Extension stats

Users: 169 ▼ -10
Rating: 3.10 (10)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2015-12-13)
Creation date: 2015-12-13
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 33.97K

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Extension summary

Draws line for reading

Ctrl + ` (grave accent) to toggle line

Inspired by Mike Lin's CrossHair (2006)

User reviews

Did some random stuff, finally made it work. Does not work on pdfs or other tabs.
by Vincent Duong, 2021-01-22

how to set the line width?
by wawa wa, 2020-03-10

Very simple and works, but keycode is hard coded! `if(event.keyCode == 192 && event.ctrlKey)` sadly, it seems noone has yet forked this and made it configurable.. on my german keyboard layout 192 is not grave accent, I have to press CTRL+ö ^^ javascript keycodes are different from linux kernel keycodes, which are different from x11 keycodes! to find the magic key for your layout you can use http://keycode.info/ ...
by Marcel Partap, 2018-09-22
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Line Pointer requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Line Pointer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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