Know where you're going to before clicking on a link.

Latest Version

Version
4.2
Update
October 13, 2014
Size
88.38KiB
Developer
Category
Users
571
Rating
4.625 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Link Icon Extension

Displays an icon next to your cursor when hovering a link indicating what the target points to. Will it open a new window, trigger a JavaScript event, display a PDF file or download a program? You will know all of that without having to click on the link.

This extension has an option page that let you select which icons should be displayed.

Currently, it supports the indicators below:
* Windows: New window/tab
* Protocols: ftp://, mailto:, irc://, aim://, file://, magnet:
* Scripts: javascript: links, onclick attribute
* Hosts: Link to Gmail
* File types: Applications, Music, Word Documents, Presentations, Images, Photoshop Images, Java Applets & files, Javascript, JSON, CSS, PDF, ePUB, Registry files, Torrents, Text files, Spreadsheets, Google Chrome Extensions, Archives, User scripts, Videos (including Quicktime, Real)
* Security: Going to a secured webpage, Leaving a secured webpage
* External: Leaving the website (has some limitations)

(The extension can support more file types. If you want one added, please request it here.)
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Link Icon", "version": "4.2", "description": "Know where you're going to before clicking on a link.", "icons": { "16": "images/extension/16.png", "48": "images/extension/48.png", "128": "images/extension/128.png" }, "author": "pb_ee1", "background": { "scripts": ["eventPage.js"], "persistent": true }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], "css": ["opentip/opentip.css", "opentip/opentip-custom.css"], "js": ["jquery-2.1.1.min.js", "opentip/opentip-jquery.min.js", "link_icon.js", "tld.js", "engine.js"], "run_at": "document_start", "all_frames": false } ], "options_page": "options.html", "short_name": "Link Icon"}
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User reviews

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О. С. (ID: 0000000950207c9c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/28/2017 like it though want only icons without black underlay

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Rijul Bhatia (ID: 0000000baf3f516d) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 01/30/2013 Does not work.

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victoriano etcheverria (ID: 0000007a9303674a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/16/2013 XD MUY BUENA

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(ID: ) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 12/01/2012 I mostly use this Chrome-extension to know, before I click on a hyperlink, whether it will open in a new tab, replace the current webpage, download a file, etc. What it does: when hovering over a link, an icon shows what will happen when you click on the link.