What is Persistent Highlighter?

Persistent Highlighter is a Chrome extension developed by n8chz, and its main feature is "A watered-down port of Prostetnic Highlighter".

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Download Persistent Highlighter Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

So far,

highlights the text on the page,

stores url and highlight text as key/value pair in local storage,

re-highlights text passages when we re-visit a URL, and

previous highlights are searchable by word.

Doesn't work on Disqus comments, and some other websites. Working on that...

Extension Basic Information

Name	Persistent Highlighter
ID	njeijipoihldmgnelkdhohadaigobeml
Official URL	https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/persistent-highlighter/njeijipoihldmgnelkdhohadaigobeml
Description	A watered-down port of Prostetnic Highlighter
File Size	54.08 KB
Installation Count	620
Current Version	0.0.6
Last Updated	2016-09-26
Publish Date	2016-09-25
Rating	5.00/5 Total 5 Ratings
Developer	n8chz
Email	[email protected]
Payment Type	free
Extension Website	https://github.com/n8chz/prostetnic-chrome
Help Page URL	https://github.com/n8chz/prostetnic-chrome/issues
Supported Languages	en-US
manifest.json
{ "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx", "name": "Persistent Highlighter", "version": "0.0.6", "description": "A watered-down port of Prostetnic Highlighter", "homepage_url": "https:\/\/github.com\/n8chz\/prostetnic-chrome\/tree\/multicolor", "permissions": [ "contextMenus", "activeTab", "storage", "unlimitedStorage" ], "icons": { "128": "hilite.png" }, "background": { "scripts": [ "menu.js" ] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "" ], "css": [ "hilite.css" ], "js": [ "lib.js", "rehilite.js" ] } ], "browser_action": { "default_icon": { "19": "search19.png", "38": "search.png" }, "default_title": "Search for words in previous highlights", "default_popup": "popup.html" }, "manifest_version": 2 }