Auto Highlight

Auto Highlight is text highlighter with RegExp support

Auto Highlight - Text Highlighter with RegExp Support

Auto Highlight is a fully automatic and easy to use text marker, highlighter, eraser, searcher, and style fixer Chrome extension with RegExp search support. It allows you to highlight keywords, hide text, change styles, and more, making it a powerful tool for improving productivity and efficiency while browsing the web.
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Extension stats

Users: 20,000+
Version: 5.3 (Last updated: 2024-04-01)
Version code: 5.3
Creation date: 2020-07-22
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • storage
  • scripting
  • alarms
  • activeTab
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 1.99M

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Auto Highlight (v5.3)
4.47 (57) 1,876+
Auto Highlight (v5.3)
4.80 (8) 5,441+
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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

🟨 Auto Highlight a fully automatic and easy to use text marker / highlighter / eraser / searcher / style fixer with RegExp search support (regular expression). No need to use search anymore to find important information, it will be marked when page loads!

⭐ TOP FEATURES:

  • highlight keywords (metadata) like: 1080p, HDR, 4K, x265, BluRay, etc.
  • hide text - by changing font size to zero or by making it transparent
  • advanced search options using regular expressions (regexp), exact match, ignore diacritics and more
  • change style - background, text size and color of all marked words
  • automatic synchronization 🔄 to all your devices (using native Browser Sync.)
  • highlight "Free shipping", "Out of stock", pricing or discount labels
  • doing research about specific topic? Use "Temporal highlight" feature to highlight keywords on every page (without using search all the time)

❤ About author - Juraj Mäsiar: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/06/15/Friend-Of-Add-ons-Juraj-Masiar/

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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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Great functionality and customization options
  • Useful for highlighting specific keywords
  • Support for regular expressions (regex)
  • Helps navigation on long pages with highlight lists
  • Overall very positive user experience
Cons
  • Highlights disappear randomly on some sites
  • Extension can cause tabs to become unresponsive
  • Dynamic content issues where highlights don't update correctly
  • List feature may fail to navigate correctly or disappear
  • Some users experience usage difficulty or require more guidance
Most mentioned
  • Issues with disappearing highlights
  • Regex feature is highly appreciated
  • Usefulness for specific tasks like job searching
  • Problems with dynamic websites affecting functionality
  • Want for enhanced features like sound alerts and better navigation
User reviews
pretty nice functionality
by Al Ahmed, 2025-02-10

don't know how to use it and it wants to charge a price

Great idea and pretty nice functionality (I love regex feature!). The only big issue is with sites that use dynamic contents. Once elements are highlighted they stay over changing data forever. So the extension become useless when using such sites. Minor issue is that the URL programmatic changes are not tracked too, and it's impossible to set strict scopes for rules.
by Roman, 2025-01-26
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Extension safety

Risk impact

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Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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