brn-gthbrg / chrome-highlight-extension

Chrome extension for highlighting multiple words in multiple groups

Features

1. support multiple user defined groups
2. support multiple words inside a group
3. support highlighting contents across mulitple HTML tag, i.e. <span>exam<b>ple</b></span>

TODO

1. calculate a contrast color for the highlighted text

Demo

Reference:

• http://james.padolsey.com/javascript/replacing-text-in-the-dom-solved/
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2582831/how-can-i-highlight-the-text-of-the-dom-range-object
• https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/multi-highlight/pfgfgjlejbbpfmcfjhdmikihihddeeji

Icon:

• http://marketplace-images-production.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/dojo/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Marker_pen_icon.jpg

Bug:

• There may be change in DOM structure if the keyword spans across multi HTML tag.
• When page init, no content in body. Currently, hard-coded a delay, may investigate using MutationObserver() to solve it.