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Starting out
Go to this link and download the latest version
of the extension from the Chrome Store.
Once the extension has downloaded from the store, click on the
extension's icon which can be found in Chrome's top-right side
and open the app.
Start typing in the words, phrases, or anything that you are
looking for on a website.
Watch out, because by default the minimum number of characters
that one can search for is 2 (it is possible to disable this
setting - see).
As you are typing in your query, a colored bar is popping up.
That bar randomly generated a color that your query will get.
However, if you would like to change that color, drag that
white button and start sliding it to the left or right.
Once you finished choosing the right color for your query,
press your Enter key on your keyboard to push that search term
and to let the extension start it's mission.
Note: The extension will work on every open tab that your
browser has.
Query Removal
If you decide to not to search for a specific query anymore,
you'd only have to click on that box in which your query is
located in.
In case you'd like to delete more of them, don't rush, go
one by one or potentially you can delete all by clicking on
one of the icons located in the "Advanced Features" window -
see purge
Basic View
You can make available the Advanced Features window where you have more possibilities for customizing the extension to your need.
This notification can appear in two ways. One way is when you
load a page and the extension could not find one or more
queries on that particular website. It show's the number of
queries that do not exist/could not be found and the queries
themselves.
The other way is when you're searching for something directly
and it could not find, it is like an instant alert.
The default setting for this option is 'Yes'
This notification can appear in two ways as well. One way is
when you load a page and the extension could find one or more
queries on that particular website
It shows the number of queries that do not exist/could not be
found and the queries themselves. The other way is when you're
searching for something directly and it could not find, it is
like an instant notification.
The default setting for this option is 'Yes'
Finding 1 character queries can be an overwhelming task for
your computer (imagine how many single letters are in a
webpage, like thousands). This option serves as a block to
potentially remove slow actions and freezes. However, if you
wish to search for a single letter, symbol, number. You can
easily disable it by clicking the 'No' button.
The default setting for this option is 'Yes'
With this feature, you are able to jump to any of the found
queries and focus them on your screen (it scrolls
automatically there, if needed). By turning it on, two
navigation buttons and one text box will appear right above
your main query input.
With the Arrow Up and Arrow Down buttons on your keyboard,
you can achieve the same result as by clicking the pop-up
window.
As the instruction says in the extension, if you right click
on any of the already-existing queries, the word navigator
will push that query into it's own textbox. After this, the
feature is ready to be used on any website. To change your
current word, do the same right-click on the other query.
Alternatively, you can empty the navigator's text box from
it's current query by right-clicking anywhere within
HIGHLIGHTY's window a. Use
the arrows to navigate up or down.
Attention: the navigator may find queries which are
hidden behind dropdown elements.
The default setting for this option is 'No'
Advanced Features (Full view)
By enabling this setting, the extension will only search the
exact form (from a letter case point of view) of the query. If
you've typed in "Great", it will only find the words matching
"Great", but not "GREAT", etc.
However, this way you can search for the same word in different
form, multiple times with different colors.
The default setting for this option is 'No'
This is also a setting which aims to enhance accuracy. If you
wish to find specific words which have special letters like "ö,
ú, è, ē, ä", turn this option on.
You can also search for the same query, with and without
diacritics, but it will result in 2 different queries.
The default setting for this option is 'No'
If "Separate phrase search" is turned on,
HIGHLIGHTY will start matching
results for phrases (with multiple words, symbols separated by
space) which are not necessarily located next to each other, but
they can be found anywhere.
The default setting for this option is 'No'
This way your query will be searched not only as a whole, but as
a part in other words. For example if your query is "bro",
HIGHLIGHTY will color all
those parts in any word that has "bro" in it. See the video for
examples
The default setting for this option is 'No'
HIGHLIGHTY is not only able to
save your last modifications or your queries, but it also can
save 2 of them! You can switch between these query lists
anytime. If you choose the "empty preset", start typing in your
queries, however, watch out because you'd have to click on the
floppy icon to save it first.
Once it's saved, the list name will be "saved preset" and from
here, everything is saved by itself, at each query modification
(adding, deleting). If you wish to get rid of all the queries
you have in the particular list is chosen (main preset, saved
preset), then click on the trashbin. It's deleting only the
content of one list, but not both.
"Empty list" is set as default
This settings serves as a limiter. If you wish to run Highlighty
on one, two or three websites, there's this option for achieving
that. It was not made to accept only websites per se, but you
can filter on anything that a link contains. However, generally
I'd suggest to include the whole domain of the website you want
to limit it's reach.
If there's one website in this list, it will only and
exclusively function on that website, no others. If you fill all
3, then
HIGHLIGHTY will work only on
those ones. To save the websites, press enter after you finished
typing the domain. If you would like to delete one of the
entries, you should click on the
X located in the right end of
the box.
Attention: you'd have to refresh all the open pages in
your chrome browser to activate the new changes made in certain
settings (whitelist,
switch toggle) , but no worries, a new
button will appear on the top of the menu box and let you know
when you have to do that.
Just click on the red colored text and wait until all your
websites will reload.
If you don't wish to reload all your open Chrome tabs, you can
cancel this notification and refresh by yourself one-by-one.
Note: new settings will not be active unless all the
pages are reloaded.
Switching off
If you would like to turn off the app, there's the switch button under the name of the extension. *Activating it on the websites requires a refresh.
If you still have unanswered questions, don't hesitate to drop us an email.
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