WikiLens 1.4.0

New

• Wikipedia's own text formatting in the popup — the first paragraph now renders with the article's real formatting: bold subject, italics for works and species names, and proper sub/superscripts (Einstein's E = mc² finally looks like a formula). The markup is rendered through a strict whitelist — inline formatting tags only, all attributes stripped — so nothing unsafe ever reaches the page.

Downloads

• wikilens-1.4.0.zip — Chrome / Edge / Brave
• wikilens-firefox-1.4.0.zip — Firefox

Landing page & live demo: https://ville-mattila.github.io/wikilens/

WikiLens 1.3.1

Fixed

• Dark Reader compatibility, for real this time — Dark Reader was half-recoloring the popup into an unreadable light-on-light card (it ignores darkreader-lock inside shadow roots). WikiLens now strips Dark Reader's injected styles from its popup and pins its palette with inline !important declarations, so the popup renders exactly as themed — Dark/Light/Auto — while Dark Reader keeps darkening the page around it.

Downloads

• wikilens-1.3.1.zip — Chrome / Edge / Brave
• wikilens-firefox-1.3.1.zip — Firefox

Landing page & live demo: https://ville-mattila.github.io/wikilens/

WikiLens 1.3.0

Visual refinements and better coexistence with other extensions.

Changed

• Images are shown whole — no more square cropping. Images keep their natural aspect ratio at full card width; very tall images letterbox against the theme background instead of being cut.
• Softer, deeper card — corner radius doubled to 16px and the drop shadow strengthened for better lift off the page.

Fixed

• Dark Reader compatibility — Dark Reader was repainting the popup and washing it out. The popup now carries a darkreader-lock marker so Dark Reader leaves it alone while continuing to darken the page (dynamic mode, Dark Reader 2023+).

Downloads

• wikilens-1.3.0.zip — Chrome / Edge / Brave
• wikilens-firefox-1.3.0.zip — Firefox

Landing page & live demo: https://ville-mattila.github.io/wikilens/

WikiLens 1.2.1

Two small but important fixes.

Fixed

• Toolbar icon invisible on dark themes — the 16/32px action icons were black artwork on a transparent background, which vanished on dark browser toolbars. They now sit on a white disc backplate that reads on both dark and light themes.
• Text inside the popup can now be selected — pressing the mouse inside the popup used to dismiss it instantly (the press collapsed the page's selection, which triggered the auto-dismiss). Dismissal is now suspended during pointer interactions that start inside the popup, so you can select and copy the snippet, facts, and title. Clicking outside, clearing the page selection, and Esc still dismiss as before.

Downloads

• wikilens-1.2.1.zip — Chrome / Edge / Brave
• wikilens-firefox-1.2.1.zip — Firefox

Landing page & live demo: https://ville-mattila.github.io/wikilens/

WikiLens 1.2.0

The first tagged release of WikiLens — select text on any page, get the Wikipedia article instantly.

Highlights

• Image carousel — flip through up to five article images with a small arrow, with crossfade and preloading
• Quick facts (Large size) — born, died, occupation, founded, population, website… pulled from Wikidata, each linkable value clickable
• Disambiguation help — ambiguous titles show a "may refer to:" list; click a meaning to preview it in place
• English fallback — titles missing from your chosen language edition are retried on English Wikipedia
• Toolbar popup — recent lookups (device-local) and an exact-title search box
• User controls — per-site disable list, Alt+select trigger mode, light/dark/auto themes, three popup sizes (now 25% wider)
• Polish — Esc to dismiss, no popups in editable fields, lookup caching, request cancellation, choreographed animations honoring prefers-reduced-motion
• Privacy — no analytics, no tracking; selections go only to Wikimedia APIs. Now licensed under GPL-3.0

Downloads

• wikilens-1.2.0.zip — Chrome / Edge / Brave (load unpacked, or for store upload)
• wikilens-firefox-1.2.0.zip — Firefox (about:debugging → Load Temporary Add-on; AMO listing in review)

Landing page & live demo: https://ville-mattila.github.io/wikilens/