# Spotlit

> Highlight any element or drag to select - creates spotlight screenshots with dimmed or blurred backgrounds

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `spotlit`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** olestole
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-26
- **First published:** 2026-01-23
- **Size:** 733 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/spotlit/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/olestole/spotlit](https://github.com/olestole/spotlit)

## Description

Create spotlight screenshots by highlighting any element on a webpage.

• Click any element or drag a custom region
• Configurable padding and border radius
• Choose between dim overlay or blur effect
• Optional border around selection
• Auto-copies to clipboard
• Download button for saving to disk

Keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+F (⌥⇧F on Mac)

Privacy: Only captures visible tab on user action. No data collected or transmitted. All processing happens locally.

Open source: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/018d61d776594d19ce54eb4ffdc0c797dd4c98172f1008d45d6e7c975add7b2f/https%3A//github.com/olestole/spotlit" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/olestole/spotlit</a>

## Rankings

- #120,748 — Overall
- #107 — hot spot

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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/spotlit)