New: Auto-Highlight (follows mouse)

[avih]

Although i initially thought about this feature as an extension, I eventually wrote it as a bookmarklet. Hope you'll forgive me for posting on the extensions forum .

anyway, it highlights a section under the mouse with pale yellow (full width, 100 pixels high). suppose to help u better focus on the text, or as a teaching aid (might help dislectics as well?)

pls go here for a screenshot and the bookmarklet itself. (i couldn't post it here.. the board blocks it).

feedbacks are welcome. improvements even more

enjoy,
avih

[ehume]

Easiest install I ever saw. And it works perfectly. Totally amazing. Would that other extensions worked this well.

[mai9]

one problem is that context menu doesn't recognize images or links while on highlight mode.

one idea: freeze/unfreeze the highlight with single clicks.

[avih]

yes, that's a problem i currently have. the yellow stripe is a layer on top of all other layers, so when you click, or right-click it goes to that layer, and not getting to the actual page. as i said, improvements (code) are welcome.

cheers

[frease]

Thanks for this bookmarklet. However, when an area is highlighted, you can't select the text in that area.

[Jokertej]

I cannot drag and drop it into / as a bookmark? I use mouse gestures

[frease]

Jokertej :

You can drag it onto your bookmark toolbar. I am using all-in-one gestures and have no problems doing that.

[jensb]

I cannot drag and drop it into / as a bookmark? I use mouse gestures

I suppose you have configured gestures for left mouse button. In this case, hold down the button for about a second before moving. This cancels the gesture and lets you drag links or images.

[Jokertej]

Got it working and it's really usefull (and fun to look at )