Reveal deeper information about highlighted text on a web page. When text is selected, a popover displays useful details about the text such as:
- Wikipedia entries
- Dictionary definition
- ...and more to come.
Demo: https://jamigibbs.github.io/text-revealer-js/
There is also a vanilla JS version available too. The script for this extension is generated from that project so please report any issues on that repo unless it's a Chrome Extension specific issue.
This extension isn't yet available on the Chrome Web Store (soon!). In the meantime, it can be installed with these steps:
- Download this repository.
- Navigate to the Chrome menu > More Tools > Extensions
- Rename the folder from
text-revealer-chrome-extension-mastertotext-revealer-chrome-extension - Select "Load unpacked"
- Select the downloaded folder unzipped.
After activating the extenion, settings are available by clicking the Text Revealer icon in your browser navigation bar and selecting "Options":
Because this script is intended to be loaded across a wide variety of sites, it's difficult for a single person to test it against all of the many possibilities that it could encounter. So if you find an issue whether it be CSS or scripting, please log an issue that includes the URL, screenshots, and a detailed explanation of the the issue you're seeing. Feature requests also welcome!