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Welcome to the Custom selection extension wiki!

In this wiki, you will find out how to customize your text selection with this chrome extension.

Table of contents

  1. Access the settings page
  2. Editing settings

Access the settings page

Understand the different icons

The extension may display one of the following three icons to express different states:

Icon Meaning
Active icon Active icon meaning the extension is working and injected the default settings into the active tab's website
Custom icon Custom icon meaning the extension is working; the user has defined specific settings for the active tab's website only
Inactive icon Inactive icon meaning the extension did not inject settings into the active tab's website. This usually happens when the website is the Chrome webstore, or the tab displays Chrome pages such as the settings, or simply a new tab.

Pin the extension to the toolbar

This step may be skipped but is recommended

By default, the extension is not pinned to the toolbar.

  1. Click on the jigsaw puzzle piece icon in the toolbar
  2. Scroll down until you see one of the icons listed in the previous section
  3. Click on the pin icon button to the right of this icon

Opening the settings page

Now that you have localized the extension's icon, click on it to open the settings page

Editing settings

In order to edit settings, you first need to open the settings page.

Edit default settings

During the whole process, you may monitor the current settings by looking at the preview at the bottom of the settings page

  1. Select Default in the drop-down menu directly under the extension's name
  2. The color fields accept hexadecimal codes. If you're unfamiliar with them, simply click into the field to use the color picker.
  3. To add a custom text shadow, tick the checkbox under Activate text shadow. Then, edit the color and blur (in pixels) for your desired shadow effect.

Edit a specific website's settings

Define a new website's settings

  1. Enter the target website's domain in the New custom URL field. You can use * as a wildcard, such as *.google.com, to account for subdomains.
  2. Click on the green Add button
  3. You can edit the domain in the Url field
  4. Modify the settings following the instructions in the previous section

Edit an existing specific website's settings

  1. Choose the desired domain from the dropdown menu. If you're currently on the website, the extension icon will be purple, and custom settings will automatically load on the settings page.