Highlight All Occurrences

Hold CTRL and select a text to highlight all occurrences of the text on entire page
What is Highlight All Occurrences?
'Highlight All Occurrences' is a time-saving Chrome extension. It allows users to highlight all instances of their selected text on a given webpage simply by holding down the CTRL key. Useful tweaks in the latest versions include a fix for locked CTRL key issues, adding support for macOS, and improved re-highlighting functions. Discover this handy tool and streamline your browsing and research.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 3.72 (18)
Version: 1.6 (Last updated: 2018-10-09)
Creation date: 2018-10-09
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 54.68K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

version 1.6:

  • hotfix

version 1.5:

  • refreshed icon

version 1.4:

  • Fixed problem with locked CTRL key when user was using shortcuts like CTRL+F

version 1.3:

  • Fixed bugs introduced in version 1.2

version 1.2:

  • Fixed problem with locked CTRL key
  • Fixed problem with re-highlighting the same text
  • Added support for macOS

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Works well on most websites
  • Useful for highlighting code snippets
  • Simple concept that enhances usability
  • Works on multiple browsers including Chrome and Vivaldi
  • Great for users familiar with similar tools in other applications like Visual Studio
Cons
  • Does not work on downloaded PDF files
  • Can cause bugs and hangs frequently
  • Breaks CTRL+C functionality
  • Struggles with special characters like brackets or quotes
  • User needs to restart the browser after installation
Most mentioned
  • Works well on most websites
  • Does not work on downloaded PDF files
  • Breaks CTRL+C functionality
  • Hanging a lot of times
  • Useful for learning from code snippets
Recent reviews
This works well on most websites, just like using Ctrl + F. But this does not work on downloaded PDF file since I always use chrome to view downloaded PDF file. I hope this can highlight and show all the occurrences in PDF as well.
by Adrian Qin Jun Wong, 2023-04-23

work on Chrome and Vivaldi as well To get it work your browser should be restarted after installation !!!
by Bojan Blagojevic, 2022-12-28

crée des bugs. beaucoup moins que Highlight All dans Firefox seulement malheureusement
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Highlight All Occurrences requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Highlight All Occurrences has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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