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Enables user to highlight words
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Published
Published on September 22, 2020
Version 1.1.5
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Updated
Updated on May 30, 2025
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Description

A simple highlight tool which enables anyone to highlight words on any website.

*The tool went through a slight overhaul, please check the "What's new 1.1.3" below!

Features:

  • Assign color for each word
  • Import from raw list or text file
  • Group your words into lists for easier organization
  • Sync function to transfer your lists across devices.
  • Import/Export your lists.
  • Sort your lists new
  • Quickfind, ctrl-shift-f to bring up quickfind and search instantly, save later.
  • Each word in the list can be case sensitive
  • Can use regular expression tokens
  • Blacklist sites and pages
  • Can match complete words or part of a word
  • Stylize your words in Style tab
  • Dark mode

To enable Regex tokens, blacklist a site, toggle complete words on or off, go to settings.

If you have any issues please ask & I will help you out! If you found a bug report it and I'll fix it as soon as possible! Ideas how to make the extension better are encouraged!

What's new: 1.1.5: Features

  • Added expand button on lists to view highlight stats
  • Added a save button that enables you to store changes without having to press enter
  • Added sorting methods (Ascending, Descening, By background color, By text color)
  • Added a warning in custom settings that when enabled the global settings are overriden
  • Removed character limit in excluded/exclusive lists

Bug Fixes

  • Badge indicating number of words highlighted now works more consistently and less prone to breaking
  • Fixed issue where if single color is selected you couldn't change the color individually for each word
  • Effectively inform users that global settings won't be enabled for lists with custom settings enabled
  • Clear filter when closing lists
  • Toggling the tool or a list off will less likely break a page and also work a bit faster
  • Fixed a bug where changing the title of a list, returning to list menu and clicking the same list, the sheet would show the old one

1.1.4: Some bug fixes that manifested when updating from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3. 1.1.3: -Optimized highlighting and fix slowdowns when new elements are added to the page.

  • Added import options for raw lists and text files
  • Can copy (crtl-c) & paste (ctrl-v) words directly to the list editor
  • Press ctrl-a to select all visible words
  • Filter words
  • Made all lists a single random color by default, can be changed in style settings
  • New style tab that let's you customize your highlighted words
  • Dark mode!
  • Made some stylistic changes to the GUI to make it a bit more modern looking

1.1.2: Bug fix: Replaced additional event paths that broke the mass action option when ticking the a word's checkbox.

  • Toggling a list on/off now disables/enables the highlighting in the active tab. 1.1.1: Bug Fix - event path property is undefined, replaced event paths with composedPath method.

1.1.0: - Lists are now available! Group your words into lists. - Sync function to transfer your lists across devices. - Import/Export your lists. - Quickfind, ctrl-shift-f to bring up quickfind. - Bug Fix: contentEditable incompatibility elements no longer crash page. - Highlights in iframes.

1.0.3 - Bug Fix: Text nodes & characterData changes succesfully forwarded to highlighter. 1.0.2 - Bug Fix: Text is no longer removed from textareas.

Extension icon and promotional tiles by Maria Gregoriou behance.net/MariaGregoriou

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