Selection Highlighter

Highlight occurrences of selected text, with or without a keypress.

What is Selection Highlighter?

"Selection Highlighter" is a Chrome extension that enhances text searching on web pages by automatically highlighting occurrences of the user’s selection. It eliminates the need for the usual CMD+F command, maintaining the current selection for convenience. This extension is particularly useful for developers and researchers engaging in code inspection or document analysis. Users can benefit from features like optional 'gate' key activation, match specificity, and the ability to bypass certain web pages or HTML elements. The extension’s open-source nature allows for customization, making it a versatile tool across various sites such as GitHub, StackOverflow, and more. Configuration and code are easily accessible for users interested in how the extension operates under the hood.

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Extension stats

By: https://neaumusic.com

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Users: 8,000+

Rating: 4.62 (85)

Version: 3.1.0 (Last updated: 2024-01-14)

Creation date: 2020-06-07

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Size: 481.28K

Email: js*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 11357 ▼ 28

Other rankings

#2966 in Developer Tools ▼ 5 #3 in selection keyword 26 ▲ 1 #12 in highlighter keyword 42 ▲ 3 #187 in console keyword 10 ▼ 5 #278 in source keyword 30 ▲ 10

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

For code inspection and document analysis: search for and find keywords.

No need to press CMD+F
Maintains current selection
Open source and configurable options (JavaScript)
Ensure a "gate" key is pressed
Match whole word and/or case-insensitive
Blacklist bad hosts and ancestor HTML nodes

Highlight works on all sites, including GitHub, StackOverflow, HackerNews, Reddit, etc.

See all code involved:

Dev Console -> Sources -> Content Scripts -> Selection Highlighter
chrome://extensions -> Selection Highlighter -> Options -> Dev Console -> Sources

https://github.com/neaumusic/selection-highlighter

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