External Link Highlighter

External Link Highlighter

Change cursor for the links which open in a new tab

External Link Highlighter
What is External Link Highlighter?
External Link Highlighter is a Chrome extension that changes the cursor for links which open in a new tab, making it easy to identify external links at a glance.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 211 ▲ 6
Rating: 4.00 (2)
Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2019-05-03)
Creation date: 2019-04-27
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 9.12K
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Summary

This extension shows if a link is an external or not.

User reviews
useful, thank you!
by Liem Tran Liem Tran, 2024-04-26

Add a external link icon rather then hovering and then finding the external link.
by Varinder Pal Singh Varinder Pal Singh, 2023-03-27
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Safety
Risk impact

External Link Highlighter is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

External Link Highlighter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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