# Custom selection

> Change the color, background color, and the text shadow of the text selection!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/selection-customizer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/selection-customizer)

## Overview

- **ID:** `selection-customizer`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pythack
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2023-12-13
- **First published:** 2021-05-02
- **Size:** 76 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/selection-customizer/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Pythack/Selection-customizer/wiki](https://github.com/Pythack/Selection-customizer/wiki)

## Description

Custom selection is a Firefox add-on that allows users to customize the color, background color, and text shadow of the text selection. It provides features to change text color, background color, and text shadow, along with the ability to customize for specific websites. The add-on also includes a live preview feature for easy editing. The source code is available on GitHub for developers.

## Rankings

- #34,406 — Overall
- #31 — selection
- #144 — custom feed
- #147 — custom font
- #152 — customer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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/selection-customizer)