Frequently Asked Questions

Which browsers can install the Rich URL extension?

Rich URL extension can be installed in most Chromium based browsers:

Why does Rich URL request permission to “Read and change all your data on the websites you visit” when you install it?

This permission is used by the extension for two purposes:

Access from the extension actions to the simplified and/or selected text of the page.
Provides a way to start extension actions using keyboard shortcuts. The Rich URL extension uses its own handling of keyboard shortcuts, as the number of actions that can be created in the extension by the user (and assign keyboard shortcuts to them) is not limited. While the Chrome API allows you to assign keyboard shortcuts only to the commands described during the extension creation phase.

What version of the browser is required for the Rich URL extension to work?

To work with the current version of the extension, located in the Chrome Web Store, a Chromium-based browser version 118 or higher is required. This is due to the transition of Chrome to using Manifest V3¹.

If you need to work with a lower version of the browser, you can install version 3.7.0 of the extension, which uses Manifest V2. Learn more about installing an unpacked extension.

Although Manifest V3 itself is supported starting from version 88, the functionality required by the extension to work under Manifest V3 is available from version 118 or higher. ↩︎