Shows the content of a reddit text post when you hover on it's link.

Latest Version

Version
0.9.1
Update
October 23, 2019
Size
61.33KiB
Developer
zoeetrope.com
Category
Users
9,000+
Rating
3.42623 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Reddit Hover Text Extension

Displays the contents of text submissions in a box under the link when you hover on the link. Does the same thing Hover Zoom does for images but for text submissions. Very convenient if you read a lot of self subreddits.

Version 0.9.1
Fixes an issue with future versions of Chrome that introduce stricter security related to fetching data from websites.

Version 0.9
Adds support for Chrome version 73 and up.
Fixes an issue where links wouldn't get marked as visited when not using www.reddit.com.

Version 0.8
Add support for the old.reddit.com domain.

Version 0.7
Fixes a bug which broke all links starting with the letter g (https://gyfcat.com/... for example).

Version 0.6
Support for RES night mode.

Version 0.5
Fixes a silly mistake made in 0.4.

Version 0.4
Fixes issues related to changes in the Reddit page structure and https forcing.

Version 0.3
Fixes RES never-ending scroll and significantly improved performance.
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Reddit Hover Text", "version":"0.9.1", "manifest_version": 2, "description": "Shows the content of a reddit text post when you hover on it's link.", "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "permissions": [ "history" ], "background": { "scripts": ["jquery.min.js", "background.js"] }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://www.reddit.com/*", "https://www.reddit.com/*", "http://old.reddit.com/*", "https://old.reddit.com/*"], "css": ["style.css"], "js": ["jquery.min.js", "reddit-hover.js"], "run_at": "document_start" } ], "web_accessible_resources": ["ajax-loader.gif", "ajax-loader-night.gif"]}
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User reviews

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Steven Shell (ID: 000000773cb2760f) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/06/2021 MAKES SENSE TO INSTALL ?

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Janis Daugavietis (ID: 000000ac79c2fa05) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 08/13/2021 Why does it need "read and change your browsing history' permission? Are you selling data?

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Void4Main Account (ID: 00000012608ded75) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 08/04/2021 does not work on new reddit, only on old reddit

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Kaung Khant Phyo Thant (ID: 0000008d563de4e4) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 07/30/2020 Hover Zoom+ and this one hover text and RES are the absolute necessities to have the best experience browsing Reddit. Love it. Only wish that there be an add-on for Firefox too.

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aditya aggarwal (ID: 0000004f166ec64a) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/04/2019 super useful