Generate a copiable CSS Selector with a mouseover without Devtool
Clean, simple and intuitive to use, accompanied with these exclusive features.
✓ Copiable and tweak-able Selector ready to use in CSS/JavaScript
✓ Highlights of elements which match the Selector
✓ Total matches based on the Selector within Viewport context
✓ The choice of Concise or Verbose selector
✓ Minimal interference with the page
≡ How to Use
* Short version:
- Enable the App, Use "CTRL" Key to lock/unlock the selector highlight in position and click the Copy button to copy the selector.
- If needed, click on the selector path to tweak the selector before copying.
- Use "ESC" key to exit the App
* Detailed User Guide: https://github.com/CharltonC/chrome-css-selector-capture/blob/master/README.md
* Beware the extension does not support the following contexts:
- shadow DOM (suggestion: use chrome devtool since you will be traversing down the shadow root anyway)
- iframe (suggestion: to open the iframe URL in new tab and use the extension)
≡ Where would this extension be useful
* The extension would typically suit the use of Front End Development, End to End testing such as Selenium as well as Data Scraping where visually identifying a target, matches and getting the CSS selector are needed.
* If you do find this extension useful, please support it by simply giving it a good review and that will help others find it.
≡ Privacy
* The extension does NOT collect any data or send data to third party.
≡ Release
* 2.4.1 (2024.07.29)
- Adjusted text alignment
* 2.4.0 (2024.06.06)
- Optimization for highlights, scroll and resize
* 2.3.2 (2023.08.24)
- Upgraded to manifest v3
* 2.3.1 (2021.09.01)
- Fixed algorithm in v2.3.0
* 2.3.0 (2021.07.15)
- Optimization for concise selector
* 2.2.0 (2019.03.23)
- Added a User Guide Link in Extension Icon Popup
* 2.1.0 (2019.03.21)
- Added a shortcut hotkey (CTRL) for locking toggle of the overlays
* 2.0.0 (2019.02.25)
- Optimization for concise selector (i.e. shorter)
- Adjustment of selector background opacity when trigger button for Settings Dialog is on top and user hovers it
* 1.0.3 (2018.10.15)
- Optimization for selector retrieval
* 1.0.0 (2018.09.29)
- Initial Release
Latest reviews
- (2023-09-15) Anbu flipflop: Loved it...!
- (2022-11-28) Michael Gichuki: It was a life saver especially in google maps
- (2022-07-18) Abdelrahman Mohammed: Great extension, very handy when web developing and creating tools and extensions for websites.
- (2022-03-14) UniQuery: Very helpful
- (2022-03-02) Guillaume Renard: I really like the app, it's one of the most usable extension for finding / refining CSS selector. But it doesn't seem to work inside iframes😢
- (2021-10-17) Kamil Nader: Amazing!
- (2021-10-17) Chris Russ: Works extremely well.
- (2021-10-05) Siyan Han: it works well
- (2021-06-08) Олександр Качковський: Very handy app. Definitely deserves more recognition :)
- (2020-01-09) Airton Carneiro: Great! One of the top 4 CSS Selector extensions. My suggestion is to create a shortcut to select the parent tag. With the mouse it is very difficult to do the same as the example video.
- (2018-10-05) YANSONG HUANG: Wow, cool thing. Very handy!!
- (2018-09-26) I've been looking for such Plugin for a Long time, finally, it's here with all the features that I was looking for.