Unescape as HTML

Name: Unescape as HTML
Author: Fabio Pesari

Unescape text in any editable input field as HTML, turning character references (like `π`) to Unicode characters (like `π`), by right-clicking on editable fields and selecting "Unescape text as HTML".

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Features & Capabilities

Very simple extension for Mozilla Firefox (and compatible browsers) which unescapes text in any editable input field as HTML, turning character references (like π) to Unicode characters (like π).

Usage

Right-click on any input field you have filled, select Unescape text as HTML and the entered text should be replaced with an unescaped version of it.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Rob Wu for this essential JS trick: exactly what this extension needed!

And thanks to the MDN of course! Free knowledge is as important as free software.

For a list of HTML character references, see this Wikipedia entry.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Fabio Pesari

Daily users:

Version:

0.1.0 Last updated: 2020-11-08

Version code:

5129678

Creation date:

2020-11-07

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
menus

Size:

24.25KB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-05

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# 141,265 ▼ 8,150

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Developed by:

Fabio Pesari

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/unescape-as-html/

Website:

https://gitlab.com/fpesari/firefox-unescape-as-html

Is Unescape as HTML Safe?

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Unescape as HTML does not require any sensitive permissions.

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