Link to Text Fragment

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Browser extension that allows for linking to arbitrary text on a page.

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Description from store Update: Chrome now has a built-in feature ("Copy Link to Highlight" in the context menu) to copy text fragment links. The extension has an additional feature that allows you to also copy rich links. You can activate this feature in the options. This extension allows for easily creating a special link to the currently selected text on a page via the context menu. When opening such a special link, a compatible browser will scroll the selected text into view and highlight it. Usage instructions: • Select the text that you want to link to. • Right-click and choose "Copy Link to Selected Text" from the context menu. • If the link creation succeeded, the selected text will be briefly highlighted in yellow. • Paste your link wherever you want to share it. • 💡 Pro-tip: you can assign a keyboard shortcut to the copy action! 📖 Article: https://web.dev/text-fragments/ 🧩 Extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/link-to-text-fragment/pbcodcjpfjdpcineamnnmbkkmkdpajjg 🎬 Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5DmGqnzvBI For more information, see the Text Fragments specification (https://wicg.github.io/scroll-to-text-fragment/) where this feature is described. This extension is open-source (https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/link-to-text-fragment) and licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. By installing this item, you agree to the Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy (https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/).

Latest reviews

(2025-05-09) Dylan Barsby: Been using this for years, but since very recently it has stopped working for me.
(2025-05-09) Rosa Smithgilbert: Good app
(2025-05-01) awe lotta: There's a Brave github issue on text fragments. Apparently, this works on Brave nightly, and the change will come to stable release Brave on 29 April 2025. Literally the bad reviews are not even the extensions fault, since all this does is create the link. but also not necessary anymore (brave) because brave has it's own feature
(2025-02-08) Igor Velkov: Not work
(2024-08-11) RedSnt: I can't recognize the problems others are having, the extension works just fine for me. And I don't know how I lived without it, it's so useful when you want to give the most direct link possible on a page without link anchors.
(2024-08-02) Pat: Can this be fixed so it actually works? I want to use it on Brave browser which other Brave users said it worked at one time
(2024-07-25) Aymann El Hakim: trash. didn't work the first time using it.
(2024-07-12) First Last: I'd used this extension on Chrome and Firefox without problems until recently where all of the previous functionality was rendered unusable. Please update the extension
(2024-06-20) ylluminate: SO SAD!!!! Not working now! Would love to see this fixed.
(2024-02-28) Sene Senethril: Hello thank you for this, can you just revert the latest updates about the font getting no color change, it was a better extension when it was readable, now we get the font of any color over a white background, the pale pink font color was a good contrast neutral color.
(2024-02-14) Eden Davis: Please fix this, it used to work so well! The built in Google functionality only copies the link to highlight, which is where this extension is stuck currently.
(2024-02-04) Rogerio M. Souza: Excelente! Muito bem feito! PS; A extensão nunca falha: Save Link to Highlight https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/save-link-to-highlight/pgcijpjikabiiepphbnjefcjjncpiapd
(2024-01-26) Charles Bancroft: "Link to Text Fragment" copying from the Brave browser and pasting it into the Brave URL does NOT work. "Link to Text Fragment" copying from the Brave browser and pasting it into Safari or Google Chrome works! I have not tested it on Firefox.
(2023-11-04) Luiz Henrique Menezes: Infelizmente, se determinado CSS não estiver carregado, ou seja, estiver oculto no momento que a página termina seu carregamento o highlight não funciona
(2023-10-31) Ryan Culverwell: Hello support this extension no longer works.
(2023-09-12) Ron CP: some bugs exist: 1. if the selected text includes capital letters, the link will not work because it lowers the text in the returned URL For example Secenario: Go to "https://www.google.com", select the text "Google offered" and copy the link to text fragment using this extension. Expected output: https://www.google.com/#:~:text=I%27m%20Feeling%20Lucky-,Google%20offered,-in%3A%20%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA Actual output: https://www.google.com/#:~:text=Images-,google%20offered,-in%3A%20%20%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA%20%20%20%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9 --------------------------- 2 some special characters in the text fragment are not encoded (e.g. "-"), resulting in the link not working
(2023-09-12) Ron CP: some bugs exist: 1. if the selected text includes capital letters, the link will not work because it lowers the text in the returned URL For example Secenario: Go to "https://www.google.com", select the text "Google offered" and copy the link to text fragment using this extension. Expected output: https://www.google.com/#:~:text=I%27m%20Feeling%20Lucky-,Google%20offered,-in%3A%20%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA Actual output: https://www.google.com/#:~:text=Images-,google%20offered,-in%3A%20%20%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA%20%20%20%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9 --------------------------- 2 some special characters in the text fragment are not encoded (e.g. "-"), resulting in the link not working
(2023-08-30) Paul Arnhold: It doesn't work as well as I had hoped!
(2023-08-24) Glados Futurama: In the latest version 2.4.0, this feature is not functional : Copy as rich text plus the raw URL
(2023-08-24) Glados Futurama: In the latest version 2.4.0, this feature is not functional : Copy as rich text plus the raw URL
(2023-07-15) ede Hans: ⛔ Link zu Textfragment-Idee ist super, Ergebnis unbrauchbar 😪: das ist der Text aus dem Internet von Facebook: "Dierkes Druck-Werbe-Service Hochzeitskarten Ihr wollt heiraten und Familie und Freunde einladen. Wir gestalten und drucken Euch gerne Eure Einladungskarten. Sprecht uns an!" und das ist das Ergebnis von "Link zu Fragment" = Google-Add-On: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082055697529#:~:text=Filter-,Dierkes%20Druck-Werbe-Service,Sprecht%20uns%20an! = unvollständig und lückenhaft vor allem aber nicht lesbar in dieser Form. Was machen wir falsch? 5+✴️ Sterne gibt's erst, wenn es funktioniert, vor allem auch bei allen Google-Docs-Dateien.
(2023-07-03) Mila Frolova: не работает!
(2023-05-27) Electrical Contractor in Toronto: my chromebook, Chrome browser gives: docs.google.com says Link to Text Fragment: Couldn't create a unique link, please select a longer sequence of words. INVALID_SELECTION is there a fix?
(2023-05-27) Electrical Contractor in Toronto: my chromebook, Chrome browser gives: docs.google.com says Link to Text Fragment: Couldn't create a unique link, please select a longer sequence of words. INVALID_SELECTION is there a fix?
(2023-05-12) John Benninghoff: Didn't work on Brave browser.
(2023-05-12) John Benninghoff: Didn't work on Brave browser.
(2023-03-26) David Alsberge: Absolute FAIL! Does nothing at all!
(2023-03-26) David Alsberge: Absolute FAIL! Does nothing at all!
(2023-03-22) 西塔鬼若丸: Chromeのバージョンのせいなのか正常に動作しない
(2023-03-11) Sylvio: I'm genuinely shocked that Google developed this. That being said, I LOVE IT! Very useful. Thanks!
(2022-08-30) Juan Vale Carrasco: Funciona muy bien, es lo que estaba buscando, gracias.
(2022-08-21) Muy buena, aunque a veces no funciona bien.
(2022-08-06) Eyal Herlin: Great extension, thanks! Suggestions for the extension's options page: 1. Show a demo of how the currently selected options will render as plain text and rich text. 2. For the "Copy as rich text plus the raw URL.": When the highlighted text includes links they show up as such when pasted as rich text but the URLs behind the links are missing (tested in Word). Would be nice to have them.
(2022-08-06) Eyal Herlin: Great extension, thanks! Suggestions for the extension's options page: 1. Show a demo of how the currently selected options will render as plain text and rich text. 2. For the "Copy as rich text plus the raw URL.": When the highlighted text includes links they show up as such when pasted as rich text but the URLs behind the links are missing (tested in Word). Would be nice to have them.
(2022-06-29) Work: Really great extension. It has come in handy for my work many times and look forward to seeing more improvements made.
(2022-06-29) Work: Really great extension. It has come in handy for my work many times and look forward to seeing more improvements made.
(2022-05-31) Brandis Jackson: I have used this ext in the past and loved it! Just added to chrome recently and immediately I notice that it no longer highlights the specific text that is linked when you click? Kinda miss that. Aside from that particular issue, I still find it very useful for creating links in OneNote and other word processors. 5 out of 5 for 2020, 4 out of 5 until the highlight issue is resolved.
(2022-05-31) Brandis Jackson: I have used this ext in the past and loved it! Just added to chrome recently and immediately I notice that it no longer highlights the specific text that is linked when you click? Kinda miss that. Aside from that particular issue, I still find it very useful for creating links in OneNote and other word processors. 5 out of 5 for 2020, 4 out of 5 until the highlight issue is resolved.
(2022-04-22) SCOE Goo-Tech: This works and then it doesn't. No rhyme or reason for it to work on a site once then within a few days NOT work on the same site. Make no difference on account type (EDU or Public), how much text is selected, settings in Chrome, ... Really wish it would work more than 20% of the time.
(2022-04-22) SCOE Goo-Tech: This works and then it doesn't. No rhyme or reason for it to work on a site once then within a few days NOT work on the same site. Make no difference on account type (EDU or Public), how much text is selected, settings in Chrome, ... Really wish it would work more than 20% of the time.
(2022-04-21) Valeria Loffi: Ha dejado de funcionar.
(2022-04-15) Sylvia: Does not work. Every link created with tihs extension simply pulls up the website as normal, and does not link to the specific part of the page. Unfortuante.
(2022-04-15) Sylvia: Does not work. Every link created with tihs extension simply pulls up the website as normal, and does not link to the specific part of the page. Unfortuante.
(2022-03-18) Katia Maceda Nava: It doesn't work, it just take you to the top of the page, so what's the point using it if doens't take you where you want and it can´t be highlighted (for security reasons). I hope you can take into account the comments and develop a better tool for different purposes.
(2022-03-18) Katia Maceda Nava: It doesn't work, it just take you to the top of the page, so what's the point using it if doens't take you where you want and it can´t be highlighted (for security reasons). I hope you can take into account the comments and develop a better tool for different purposes.
(2022-03-03) Sushubh: Chrome has internal feature for this but it is disabled on a lot of websites. So, I end up keeping this enabled for cases where Chrome seems to believe the link won't work but it does using this app.
(2022-03-03) Sushubh: Chrome has internal feature for this but it is disabled on a lot of websites. So, I end up keeping this enabled for cases where Chrome seems to believe the link won't work but it does using this app.
(2022-02-02) Christian Trunley: Literally does not work, and since I'm not techy, I can't be bothered to find out why. Pop-up blockers, website permissions, who knows. Nice try
(2022-02-02) Christian Trunley: Literally does not work, and since I'm not techy, I can't be bothered to find out why. Pop-up blockers, website permissions, who knows. Nice try
(2022-01-28) Manuel Solórzano: Amazing extension, I used it a lot but, since Chrome stable version 90.0.4430.72 (2021-04-14 👉 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2021/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_14.html) is not needed anymore because it's already included in the browser ("Copy link to highlight" 👉 https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/10256233), reason why I'm uninstalling it.

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