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Multi-highlight

ID: pfgfgjlejbbpfmcfjhdmikihihddeeji

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Supported Languages

🇺🇸US English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.21

Size

0.06 MB

Rating

4.1/5

Reviews

539

Users

202,042

Type

Extension

Updated

Jun 17, 2020

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Alexius LeeView Profile
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes

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Total Users

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Search and highlight multiple words on web pages.

Can do for you: - Highlight multiple english words on all pages. (whole word matching for english words, currently) - Your words will be saved. * Needs to refresh opened pages after install this extension. If you love it, you can support it on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/alexius_lee) or donate via PayPal (https://www.paypal.me/alexiuslee) Change log: - 1.21 - Remove tracelog codes (which has stopped receiving years ago). - 1.12~1.20 - Bug fix. - 1.11 - Temporary rollback to v1.7. - 1.10 - Change: Skip "content editable" elements; Support single letter non-english words. - 1.7~1.9 - Bug fix. - 1.6 - Can do highlighting after first installed, without refresh page. - 1.5 - Fix some bugs, better description. - 1.4 - Add a switch button, to enable or disable highlighting. - 1.3 - HTTPs page enable, redesign highlight logic. - 1.2 - Icon beautify, fix some bugs. - 1.1 - Highlight style beautify. - 1.0 - Core function complete.

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Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.21 Code review	3

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.21	3

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js/background.js2
js/content-action.js1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Tracking	high	js/background.js (line 2)	The background script generates and persistently stores a unique UUID (v4) per user under the key 'userUUID'. This UUID is exposed to content scripts via the RPC message-passing bridge (chrome.runtime.onMessage handle…	1.21
2	Privilege Escalation	medium	js/background.js (line 2)	On first install, the extension enumerates ALL open windows and tabs across the entire browser and programmatically injects its content scripts and CSS into every matching tab via chrome.tabs.executeScript and chrome.…	1.21
3	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	js/content-action.js (line 2)	The content script unconditionally selects all span elements whose onmouseover attribute exactly matches 'ktrTipShowHide(this);' on every page and forces them to display:inline-block. 'ktrTipShowHide' is a function na…	1.21

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clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
*	/*	http:///
*	/*	https:///
www.patreon.com	/alexius_lee	https://www.patreon.com/alexius_lee
www.w3.org	/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/mm/	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef#
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/

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3.7 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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Exactly what I needed to find predefined list of words and highlight them. Although, I need more than what it currently offers: -It cannot highlight a specific sentence; only words -There's like 4-5 colors; if you specify 10 words then different words will be highlighted with the same color

JP Dénommée·19 Mar 2021

Incredible little tool. Has helped me so much. Bravo Alexius! My only request would be for a keyboard shortcut to enabled / disable :)

Steven Emerson·13 Mar 2021

��个不错，不过��也在这个插件的基础��进行了升级优化，支持特定词汇指定颜色��亮等。

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