Roam-highlighter

Highlight text on page to copy to Roam

What is Roam-highlighter?

Roam-highlighter is a Chrome extension developed by shawnpmurphy8, and its main feature is "Highlight text on page to copy to Roam".

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        This Highlighter extension is meant for use with Roam Research note taking application to help "clip" web pages by highlighting all the areas you want to save in Roam and then easily copying/pasting into Roam in a Roam friendly format. You also are able to Double Bracket words / phrases with the extension so that they create Page/Link references when pasted into Roam.

For full instructions, How To's, and Demos please visit: https://github.com/GitMurf/roam-highlighter#roam-highlighter

BASIC INSTRUCTIONS:

[ALT + X]
	- Activate Extension and Show/Hide Side Window
[Ctrl + X]
	- Highlights selected text
	- To remove part of a highlight, select text and press [Ctrl + X]
[Alt + Click]
	- Removes an entire highlight
[ALT + Q]
	- Remove all highlights on the page
[ALT + A]
	- Makes selected highlighted a "header"; highlights following will nest until another highlight is selected as a "header"
[Double-Click] a Single Word (has to be highlighted already)
	- Adds [[Double Brackets]] for Roam "Page Linking"
[ALT + Z] (must already be highlighted)
	- Adds [[Double Brackets]] around selection for Roam "Page Linking"

If you have any Issues, Questions or Feedback for improving the Instructions or the Extension, please open a GitHub Issue and post your thoughts:

https://github.com/GitMurf/roam-highlighter/issues/new

Thanks and enjoy!                    

Extension Basic Information

Name Roam-highlighter Roam-highlighter
ID mcoimieglmhdjdoplhpcmifgplkbfibp
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/roam-highlighter/mcoimieglmhdjdoplhpcmifgplkbfibp
Description Highlight text on page to copy to Roam
File Size 52.83 KB
Installation Count 12,110
Current Version 2.1.1
Last Updated 2020-11-01
Publish Date 2020-06-02
Rating 4.55/5 Total 31 Ratings
Developer shawnpmurphy8
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/GitMurf/roam-highlighter#roam-highlighter
Help Page URL https://github.com/GitMurf/roam-highlighter#roam-highlighter
Supported Languages en-US
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "manifest_version": 2,
    "version": "2.1.1",
    "name": "Roam-highlighter",
    "description": "Highlight text on page to copy to Roam",
    "icons": {
        "16": "images\/highlighter.16.png",
        "48": "images\/highlighter.48.png",
        "128": "images\/highlighter.128.png"
    },
    "background": {
        "scripts": [
            "background.js"
        ],
        "persistent": false
    },
    "permissions": [
        "activeTab",
        "storage"
    ],
    "browser_action": {
        "default_icon": "images\/highlighter.orig.png"
    },
    "commands": {
        "_execute_browser_action": {
            "suggested_key": {
                "default": "Alt+X"
            },
            "description": "Activates highlighter and shows\/hides Side Window"
        },
        "remove-all-highlights": {
            "suggested_key": {
                "default": "Alt+Q"
            },
            "description": "Clears all the current highlights on the page"
        },
        "add-double-brackets": {
            "suggested_key": {
                "default": "Alt+Z"
            },
            "description": "Add double brackets around selected text in Highlight for Roam page linking"
        },
        "convert-to-header": {
            "suggested_key": {
                "default": "Alt+A"
            },
            "description": "Select any text from a highlighted item and mark as Header so bullets are indented under it."
        }
    }
}