Link to Text Fragment

Browser extension that allows for linking to arbitrary text on a page.

What is Link to Text Fragment?

'Link to Text Fragment' is an Edge add-on that enables users to create special links to specified text on a webpage. On opening such links, the highlighted text is instantly brought into view. It simplifies linking and sharing of webpage content. Check out the open-source code on GitHub. It operates under the Apache 2.0 license agreement.

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By: Thomas Steiner

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Users: 21,417 ▲ 83

Rating: 3.30 (7)

Version: 2.3.2 (Last updated: 2022-06-29)

Creation date: 2021-09-27

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
clipboardWrite
storage

Size: 97.67K

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 1032 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#1 in fragment keyword 14

#44 in scroll keyword 9 ▼ 2

#90 in license keyword 9 ▼ 1

#135 in term keyword 12 ▼ 1

#143 in item keyword 34 ▼ 1

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Link to Text Fragment (v2.4.0)

3.75 (146) 100,000

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Summary

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This extension allows for easily creating a special link to the currently selected text on a page via the context menu. When opening such a special link, a compatible browser will scroll the selected text into view and highlight it.

Usage instructions:

Select the text that you want to link to.
Right-click and choose "Copy Link to Selected Text" from the context menu.
If the link creation succeeded, the selected text will be briefly highlighted in yellow.
Paste your link wherever you want to share it.
Pro-tip: You can set a keyboard shortcut.

For more information, see the Text Fragments specification (https://wicg.github.io/ScrollToTextFragment/) where this feature is described.

This extension is open-source (https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/link-to-text-fragment) and licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. By installing this item, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/).