Selection Highlighter
Highlight occurrences of selected text, with or without a keypress.
As of June 2026, Selection Highlighter has 8,000 users and a 4.60/5 rating from 95 reviews in the Developer Tools category.
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8,000
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4.60
95 reviews
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95
Version
3.3.0
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 19, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2026 | 8.0K | 4.60 | 95 | 3.3.0 |
| May 4, 2026 | 8.0K | 4.60 | 95 | 3.3.0 |
| Now | 8.0K | 4.60 | 95 | 3.3.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storage
- Host access
- None declared
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About
For code inspection and document analysis: search for and find keywords. - No need to press CMD+F - Maintains current selection - Open source and configurable options (JavaScript) - Ensure a "gate" key is pressed - Match whole word and/or case-insensitive - Blacklist bad hosts and ancestor HTML nodes Highlight works on all sites, including GitHub, StackOverflow, HackerNews, Reddit, etc. See all code involved: 1. Dev Console -> Sources -> Content Scripts -> Selection Highlighter 2. chrome://extensions -> Selection Highlighter -> Options -> Dev Console -> Sources https://github.com/neaumusic/selection-highlighter
Technical
- Version
- 3.3.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 485KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- nepmkgohgoagfgcoegjaggacodcpdibj
- Developer ID
- ub1d3f653a368d2fb4aaff8c67777b2d9
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 24, 2016
- Last Updated (Store)
- Jul 10, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 7, 2026
- Website
- neaumusic.com
- Privacy Policy
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