Shows the URL of the link that is under your finger on touch-screen devices.
What is Show The Finger URL?
Show The Finger URL is an Edge add-on that allows touch-screen device users to easily view the URL of a link by pressing their finger on it. It focuses the URL in the status bar and prevents accidentally clicking on the link.
Add-on stats
By: em_te
Creation date: 2020-11-15
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 16.11K
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
When you want to know the URL that a link points to, you can put the mouse pointer over the link and see the URL in the status bar. But on touch-screen devices tapping on the link doesn't show the URL.
This extension, enables showing the URL in the status bar on touch screen devices by focusing the URL when you press your finger on the link.
To prevent clicking on the actual link, simple move your finger slightly after pressing on it which will scroll the screen slightly and cancel the link click.
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Show The Finger URL requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Show The Finger URL has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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