Web Paint

Draw shapes, lines, and add text to live web pages and take screenshot.
What is Web Paint?
"Web Paint" is a powerful Firefox add-on that transforms your browsing experience. It gives you an array of easy-to-use drawing tools, letting you customize live web pages by drawing shapes, lines, and inserting text. You can play around with color, transparency, and line width according to your preference. Additionally, it offers a feature for picking colors from the webpage or your own drawings. With Web Paint, you also have the ability to take screenshots of your custom designed pages. To exit the drawing mode, simply click the extension icon placed in your browser's upper right corner."

Add-on stats

Users: 4,089 ▲ 29
Rating: 3.55 (76)
Version: 1.2.7resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2014-10-31
Weekly download count: 101
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • tabs
  • activeTab
  • <all_urls>
Size: 117.74K

Other platforms

Web Paint (v1.4)
2.33 (27) 30,000
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Web Paint provides the following easy to use drawing tools that let you draw shapes, lines, and add text to live web pages and take screenshot:

Pencil tool - draw a custom line with the selected line width and color. Eyedropper tool - pick a color from the web page or your drawings and use it for drawing. Text tool - insert text into the web page with the selected color and transparency. Line tool - draw a straight line with the selected line width, transparency and color. Quadratic curve - draw a quadratic curve with the selected line width, transparency and color. Bezier curve - draw a bezier curve with the selected line width, transparency and color. Polygon tool - draw a polygon with the selected line width, transparency and color. Ellipse tool - draw an ellipse or a circle with the selected line width, transparency and color. Color picker - select a color for the text and line. Transparency slider - select a transparency for the text and line. (Drag the slider to the left to decrease the value and to the right to increase the value) Line width slider - select a line width. (Drag the slider to the left to decrease the value and to the right to increase the value) Rectangle tool - draw a rectangle with the selected line width, transparency and color. Cursor tool - interact with the web page.

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Great for teachers to highlight text during lectures.
  • Drawings stay in the correct place when scrolling.
Cons
  • Laggy performance with a delay in drawing appearance.
  • Misalignment of pen drawing with clicks.
  • Extension has not been updated in a long time.
Most mentioned
  • Issues with lag or delay in drawing.
  • Misalignment of drawings.
  • Extension being outdated.
Recent reviews
I'm a teacher, and this extension is great when you have something in the browser during lecture, and you want to draw attention to a paragraph or word or whatever. I leave the color set to red and just scribble a line. It's great that it remembers the color across invocations. Wishlist: I wish there were a keyboard accelerator to make it disappear, which would be handy during lecture when you're in kind of a hurry. Also in page-zoom mode, the ink appears slightly lower than it should, but it's totally usable.
by Nick Parlante, 2024-09-20

by Vixxenator, 2024-09-06

by BRAT, 2024-02-24
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Web Paint requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Web Paint is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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