Roam-highlighter

Highlight text on page to copy to Roam
What is Roam-highlighter?
Roam-highlighter is a Firefox add-on that provides a convenient way to highlight text on any webpage and copy it to Roam. It offers features such as real-time preview of highlights, easy removal of highlights, and the ability to add double brackets for page linking in Roam.
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Add-on stats

By: GitMurf
Users: 184 ▲ 4
Rating: 3.93 (15)
Version: 1.9.7.2 (Last updated: 2020-06-11)
Creation date: 2020-05-16
Weekly download count: 5
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • storage
Size: 50.96K
URLs: Website

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# 7453 ▲ 9
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Add-on summary

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  • Show/Hide Side Window:
    • Ctrl + S or Click Extension Icon to Open and Close the side window view and Settings.
  • Make Highlights: Select text from any webpage and press Ctrl + X ("cut" command) to highlight.
    • Updates/changes automatically copy to the clipboard anytime you make changes/additions.
    • With the new Side Window you will see changes reflected Real Time to see what it will look like in Roam.
  • Copy Page Title & URL: For a quick way to grab a Link to a page in the Page title format for Roam without any highlights, simply use Ctrl + X without any Selection/Highlights and it will copy Page title to the clipboard.
  • Removing Highlights
    • Single Highlight: To remove a highlight use Ctrl + Click (Windows) or Alt + Click (MAC or Windows). This will remove all "parts" (links, bullets, line breaks, etc.) of something you Highlighted.
    • Part of a Highlight: If you just want to remove a "part" of a Highlight (e.g., single bullet in a list), you can select the text of that "part" and press Ctrl + X ("cut" command) to remove it, while preserving the rest of the Highlight.
    • ALL Highlights: Pressing Ctrl + Q will ask for confirmation to remove all Highlights from the current page.
      • Press ENTER to confirm.
      • If you want to abort, press cancel or type 0 in the pop up prompt and press ENTER.
  • Adding [[Double Brackets]]for Page Linking/References in Roam
    • For text that is already highlighted in Yellow, you can have [[Double Brackets]]added for Page Linking in Roam.
    • Anything you choose to have [[Double Brackets]]added to will be highlighted in Blue. See the following:
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User reviews

Loosing highlights after page reload :(
by Vitaly Zdanevich, 2024-07-01
Works.
by Firefox user 13582620, 2024-02-08
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Roam-highlighter does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Roam-highlighter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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