# Ruby Switch

> Toggles visibility of ruby text such as furigana for Japanese kanji.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ruby-switch?hl=pt](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ruby-switch?hl=pt)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ruby-switch`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Steve A. Doria
- **Category:** language-support
- **Daily users:** 14
- **Version:** 1.0.4
- **Last updated:** 2024-02-23
- **First published:** 2023-07-12
- **Size:** 98 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ruby-switch/)
- **Website:** [https://blog.stevedoria.net/20230712/ruby-switch](https://blog.stevedoria.net/20230712/ruby-switch)

## Description

Conveniently sets the Visibility attribute of RT or ruby text HTML elements to "hidden". When pinned to the toolbar, allows using a toolbar button to toggle the visibility of furigana or other pronunciation aid on web pages that use the HTML Ruby Markup Extensions.

The following is a sampling of sites that work with Ruby Switch:
<ul><li><a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/8b67c470d44ad3ca8b4c7122c36ec0a678ae8086214fed66b12b7eec48f664ff/https%3A//www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/" rel="nofollow">nhk.or.jp</a></li><li><a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/a5c2d2412f636603e3aeb5606f62b4e8781d15c60e769b001f1e61a48c24d9c6/https%3A//mainichi.jp/maisho/" rel="nofollow">mainichi.jp</a></li><li><a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/b8dd6c10ad02376063bec6c3d9c5bc9c5e22a326caa30e588dfe0ee16b9e445b/https%3A//jisho.org/" rel="nofollow">jisho.org</a></li><li><a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/c501b5d98be1b841fd438556d42d4459253db1b43b38852042924de23eafbf37/https%3A//matcha-jp.com/easy" rel="nofollow">matcha-jp.com</a></li><li><a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/2cf15107bb69c718d4e4e003de2a2b92c222585e018572b733985470c2b9e642/https%3A//tadoku.org/japanese/free-books/" rel="nofollow">tadoku.org</a></li></ul>

## Rankings

- #28,861 — Overall
- #56 — switch
- #109 — visibility
- #243 — pitch

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ruby-switch?hl=pt)