# Scrollbar Lens

> Shows a minimap of the page when hovering over the scrollbar

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/scrollbar-lens](https://chrome-stats.com/d/scrollbar-lens)

## Overview

- **ID:** `scrollbar-lens`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** emvaized
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.29 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.0.3
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-11
- **First published:** 2024-11-04
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/scrollbar-lens/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/emvaized/scrollbar\_lens\_extension](https://github.com/emvaized/scrollbar_lens_extension)

## Description

Scrollbar Lens shows a preview of the page when you hover the browser scrollbar on the right side of the screen. It helps to easily see the page as a whole, and quickly jump to any part of it by a simple click. Minimap will be shown only if page height is 2.5 times more than the screen height.

<b>Privacy</b>
This addon doesn't collect any private data. It is fully open source, and you can see the code on Github. It requires access to all urls in order to function properly.

## Rankings

- #33,955 — Overall
- #184 — scroll

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/scrollbar-lens)