debanjum / deep-dive

Web extension to deep link to any text on the web

Deep Dive

A web extension to deep link to any text on the web.

Install

• Firefox Extension

Usage

1. Highlight text on page to which a link is to be generated
2. Right-click and select "Copy Deep Link"
3. Open the link in a new browser tab
   This should jump to the text and highlight it

Demo

Mechanics

1. ScrollToTextFragment format for deep links
2. Window.find to jump to and highlight specified text on page

Notes

• The deep link jumps to the first instance of the highlighted text it finds on the page
  To ensure you jump to the right portion, highlight a large enough region so that it's unique (or at least the first)
• Without the extension, deep link will behave like plain links. That is, page opens, doesn't jump to text