Creating animated text highlights on web pages.

Latest Version

Version
0.9.1
Update
November 14, 2024
Size
180KiB
Developer
hilight.ing
Category
Users
80
Rating
4 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Storage
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Highlight & Animate Text Extension

Designed for content creators, educators, and anyone looking to bring a dynamic edge to their web browsing experience. Our extension offers a unique way to animate text highlights on web pages, making it an indispensable tool for screen recordings, presentations, and educational content.

# Key Features:

1. Dynamic Text Highlighting:
- Seamlessly highlight text on any webpage.
- Bring attention to specific sections of content, perfect for tutorials, guides, and online teaching.

2. Customizable Animation Pace:
- Choose from three animation paces: slow, moderate, and fast.
- Tailor the speed of the highlight animation to match the context and tone of your content.

3. Color Customization:
- Personalize your highlights with a spectrum of background and text colors.
- Adapt the look to fit your brand, mood, or the specific needs of your content.

4. Intuitive Shortcuts:
- Quick keyboard shortcuts to clear highlights, restart animations, and toggle highlighting functionality.
- Enhance your workflow efficiency without breaking your focus.

5. User-Friendly Interface:
- A clean, straightforward popup interface for easy access to all features.
- No steep learning curve – start enhancing your content right away.

# Ideal Use Cases:

- Content Creation: Add a layer of engagement to your video tutorials, walkthroughs, and educational content. Highlight key information as you navigate through web pages, making your content more accessible and easier to follow.

- Educational Purposes: Teachers and educators can use Hilight.ing to draw attention to important sections of online resources during virtual classes or presentations.

- Professional Presentations: During web-based presentations, use Hilight.ing to guide your audience's focus, ensuring they don't miss any critical information.

- Personal Browsing: Enhance your reading experience by highlighting and animating sections for personal reference or to increase focus on lengthy articles.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Highlight & Animate Text", "description": "Creating animated text highlights on web pages.", "version": "0.9.1", "manifest_version": 3, "icons": { "16": "img/logo-16.png", "48": "img/logo-48.png", "128": "img/logo-128.png", "512": "img/logo-512.png" }, "action": { "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": "img/logo-48.png" }, "background": { "service_worker": "service-worker-loader.js", "type": "module" }, "content_scripts": [ { "js": [ "assets/content.js-loader.5bd2e108.js" ], "matches": [ "" ], "css": [ "assets/content.4fdf574c.css" ] } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ { "matches": [], "resources": [ "img/logo-16.png", "img/logo-48.png", "img/logo-128.png" ], "use_dynamic_url": false }, { "matches": [ "" ], "resources": [ "assets/chunk-439e224e.js" ], "use_dynamic_url": false } ], "commands": { "restart-animation": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+Y", "mac": "Command+Shift+Y" }, "description": "Start Animations." }, "clear-highlights": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+U", "mac": "Command+Shift+U" }, "description": "Clear Highlights." }, "enable-highlights": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+Z", "mac": "Command+Shift+Z" }, "description": "Enable Highlighting & Animating Text." } }, "permissions": [ "activeTab", "storage" ]}
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How to download and manually install Highlight & Animate Text extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Highlight & Animate Text extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Highlight & Animate Text extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Highlight & Animate Text extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Highlight & Animate Text extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Highlight & Animate Text extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Highlight & Animate Text Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Highlight & Animate Text extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Highlight & Animate Text extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Highlight & Animate Text extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Highlight & Animate Text extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Highlight & Animate Text extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Highlight & Animate Text extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Highlight & Animate Text extension file

Select and download the Highlight & Animate Text extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Highlight & Animate Text extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Highlight & Animate Text extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Highlight & Animate Text extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Highlight & Animate Text extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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