Show comic title-text

Show comic title-text

Display the title-text below comic pages. No mouse hovering required.

What is Show comic title-text?
Show comic title-text is a Firefox add-on that displays the title-text below comic pages without the need for mouse hovering. It can be used for any domain and supports Firefox for Android. You can easily add rules for identifying comic images and customize the preferences. This add-on is Free Software and the source code is available on GitHub.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 15
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 7resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2017-08-22
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • menus
  • storage
  • webNavigation
Size: 23.32K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Show the title-text below a comic page. Instead of having to hover the mouse to read it, the text is just there already. Actually, it doesn't have to be a comic — you can turn this on for any domain.

Firefox for Android is now supported, but due to missing WebExtensions APIs, the context menu is not available and extension preferences won't sync with Firefox Sync.

Usage:

Since many images have title-text, you have to set which image on which domains is a comic with interesting title-text. The easy way to add rules is with the context menu: right-click on a comic and pick "Set title-text rule with this image". Context menus are not available in Firefox for Android.

The extension can guess what rule should be added and offer a page action icon (in the location bar). This is disabled by default because it may slow down page loading (and the guessing will not be as good as just right-clicking on the comic), except on Android where it is the only convenient way to add rules.

You can edit (or manually create) rules in the add-on preferences. Each domain is associated with a CSS selector identifying the comic image. For example, #comic > img would work for xkcd.com.

Once you've finished adding most rules, you can remove the context menu entry or disable the page action from the add-on preferences.

This extension is Free Software, made available under the terms of the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0. You can download the source code from the repository on GitHub.

User reviews
Pretty nice, can confirm it works for most webcomic I've tried it on
by Lgarczyn, 2020-01-03
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Safety
Risk impact

Show comic title-text may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Show comic title-text is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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