Of late, I have been reading a lot of code via browser. Sometimes, when evaluating a patch or when reading through open source project sources, I find it very hard to track how variables move across functions/loops.
If I am using VIM, I can happily use CTAGS for this. Chrome highlights all the occurrences of the text that you searched for in yellow color. However when you search for another string, the old highlights disappear. It would have been nicer if any new string search starts highlighting in a different color. I could not find any plugin for achieving this, So, I wrote my own Chrome extension for this.
Please visit the extension page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/phabnclfbnmhmoipebjdfhkiacojlcnc
While I was trying to upload this extension, Google wanted me to make a screencast also. The video of the extension in action is available here (please watch in fullscreen - HD)
This extension though created to satisfy a developer's need, will be very helpful for any common browser user who wants to search and highlight multiple strings in any webpage (say while searching a page with phone list for multiple people etc.)
The extension is open-source - MIT Licensed and is hosted in github. Your comments, patches, feedback, Likes, +1s, Shares, etc. are welcome. Since it is open sourced, you can feel safe about installing the extension :-)
If I am using VIM, I can happily use CTAGS for this. Chrome highlights all the occurrences of the text that you searched for in yellow color. However when you search for another string, the old highlights disappear. It would have been nicer if any new string search starts highlighting in a different color. I could not find any plugin for achieving this, So, I wrote my own Chrome extension for this.
Please visit the extension page: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/phabnclfbnmhmoipebjdfhkiacojlcnc
While I was trying to upload this extension, Google wanted me to make a screencast also. The video of the extension in action is available here (please watch in fullscreen - HD)
Screenshots
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| Search token input box |
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| Highlights in action |
This extension though created to satisfy a developer's need, will be very helpful for any common browser user who wants to search and highlight multiple strings in any webpage (say while searching a page with phone list for multiple people etc.)
The extension is open-source - MIT Licensed and is hosted in github. Your comments, patches, feedback, Likes, +1s, Shares, etc. are welcome. Since it is open sourced, you can feel safe about installing the extension :-)
11 comments:
add a wiki too, I got some feature requests coming!
good feature.. might be useful in some day to day work..
Feature to clear highlights of a particular word. Perhaps there may be previous search/next search buttons that will guide us through the list of searches in the page and let us remove the highlights of that particular search word..
vijesh: thanks. github should have the wiki now.
sampathkumar: thanks. the main thing is i didnt want to make the ui complex. will update if i make those changes. thanks.
Nice!
Nikanth: Thanks a lot.
Well done Sankar.
@Priya: Thanks a lot.
Sankara: Athula appo appo Shreya va background kaatina functionality ennakku romba pudichirrukku..:-)..Keep it coming!!
@ Easwar: Aama aama. Intentional. Enna dhaan technology video-va irundhaalum, oru masala padam, gaana paattu idhellam irundhaa dhaan audience varuvaanga. thanks.
very nice blog i visited...very good...inform your updates please
@fashion: Thanks. I will keep the extension page updated for every new release :)
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