Display #Anchors

Displays anchors for all content in the current web page without breaking the layout.

Display #Anchors

Display #Anchors is a powerful Firefox add-on designed to enhance your web browsing experience by revealing all hidden anchors on a webpage. With this tool, you can easily identify and link to specific sections without disrupting the page layout.

Key Features:

  • Anchor Markers: See all anchors on a page with visible markers.
  • Layout Friendly: Enjoy a smooth browsing experience without any layout changes or repaint issues.
  • Interactive Highlighting: Hovering over a marker highlights the linked content, and vice versa.
  • Easy Control: Toggle the visibility of anchors with a simple Alt + Shift + A shortcut or use the toolbar button to clear all markers.
  • Custom Labels: Personalize your anchor labels to fit your needs.

For more details, visit the source code on GitHub.

Manifest V2
By: Rob W
Daily users: 1,217
-7
Rating: 4.86
(36)
Version: 1.4resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Version code: 5727684
Creation date: 2017-02-03
Weekly download count: 24
Firefox on Android: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
  • notifications
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
Size: 36.84K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description
Updated: 19 hours ago

Other platforms

Display #Anchors (v1.5)
10,000 4.89 (61)

User reviews

Pros
  • Makes it easy to access and copy direct links to specific parts of a webpage.
  • Improves user experience by displaying HTML anchors clearly alongside content.
  • Helps users save bookmarks and share relevant links effortlessly.
  • Great for navigating long pages, particularly useful for linking to Wikipedia anchors.
Cons
    Most mentioned
    • Works exactly as described and very well.
    • Highly useful and makes life easier for users wishing to share specific sections of pages.
    These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
    User reviews

    Thank you for making my life easier :)
    by Juraj Mäsiar, 2025-02-27

    Rob W's extensions are awesome. When I was looking for an extension to do this, I immediately picked this one. It's great.
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    Add-on safety

    Risk impact
    Low risk impact

    Display #Anchors requires very minimum permissions.

    Risk impact analysis details
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    Low risk likelihood

    Display #Anchors has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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