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
Ratingno change0%
4.60
95 reviews
Reviewsno change0%
95
Version
3.3.0
Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 19, 2026.

8.1K8.0K7.9KApr 19, 2026Jun 7, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 19, 20268.0K4.60953.3.0
May 4, 20268.0K4.60953.3.0
Now8.0K4.60953.3.0

Permissions & access

Permissions
storage
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

Selection Highlighter screenshot 1Selection Highlighter screenshot 2Selection Highlighter screenshot 3Selection Highlighter screenshot 4

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
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 7, 2026.