Images Under Cursor

Finds all sorts of images and videos located under the cursor. This open-source, tracking-free extension allows you to work around the nasty tricks some websites employ to deter users from accessing media assets on a page.
What is Images Under Cursor?
Images Under Cursor is an open-source Firefox add-on that allows users to easily find and access images and videos located under the cursor on any website. It helps bypass website tricks that increase user friction when accessing media assets.

Add-on stats

By: zopieux
Users: 32 ▲ 5
Rating: 3.50 (2)
Version: 3.0.3 (Last updated: 2024-03-29)
Creation date: 2023-05-18
Weekly download count: 7
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • clipboardWrite
Size: 54.30K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Images Under Cursor (v3.0.3)
4.28 (18) 725
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Find all sorts of images and videos located under the mouse cursor, regardless of their depth or nesting in the DOM tree.

Simply right-click on an image or video then select “Find Images Under Cursor”. The medias will be listed in the extension's popup, where you can open them in a new tab, copy their link, or save them locally.

This is useful to work around the HTML, Javascript and CSS tricks some websites use to increase user friction when trying to access media assets.

This extension is open-source, fully local and does not use any tracking or telemetry.

User reviews

I have just installed it, so didn't get to try it much, but it seems to do what it says. A big help over digging through the code just to dig out an image. Thank you!
by vsego, 2024-11-10

Doesn't work after restarting Firefox.
by circcc, 2024-03-25
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Images Under Cursor requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Images Under Cursor is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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