Grabbit is a powerful Chrome extension that allows users to select multiple links on a webpage using a drag-select interface and perform various actions like opening them in new tabs, new windows, or copying URLs to clipboard.
- Drag-select multiple links using customizable mouse and keyboard combinations
- Smart selection to automatically remove duplicate URLs
- Customizable selection box colors
- Multiple action types:
- Open links in new tabs
- Open links in new windows
- Copy URLs to clipboard
- Real-time link counter
- Smooth auto-scrolling while selecting
- Configurable settings through an options page
The extension manifest file that defines permissions, content scripts, and basic extension information. It specifies the extension's structure and required permissions like storage, clipboard access, and tab management.
A service worker that handles background tasks, specifically managing the creation of new tabs when links are opened.
The core content script that implements the drag-select functionality:
- Handles mouse events and selection box creation
- Manages link highlighting and selection
- Implements auto-scrolling
- Processes selected links based on user actions
The extension's popup interface that appears when clicking the extension icon:
- Allows quick copying of URLs from selected tabs
- Provides functionality to open copied links
- Features a clean, modern UI with visual feedback
The settings page that allows users to:
- Create and manage custom actions
- Configure key combinations
- Customize selection box colors
- Enable/disable smart selection
- Set action types for different combinations
- Clone this repository
- Open Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions/ - Enable "Developer mode"
- Click "Load unpacked"
- Select the extension directory
Or directly from the chome extension store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/Grabbit/
- Click the extension icon to access quick actions
- Visit the options page to configure custom actions
- On any webpage:
- Hold configured mouse button (and key if set)
- Drag to select multiple links
- Release to perform the configured action
Access the options page to:
- Create new actions with custom key combinations
- Set different colors for selection boxes
- Configure smart selection options
- Manage existing actions
- Set default behaviors
The extension uses:
- Chrome Storage Sync API for settings persistence
- Modern JavaScript features for DOM manipulation
- Chrome Extensions Manifest V3
- Custom event handling for mouse and keyboard interactions
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Chrome Version (Version 131.0.6778.205 (Official Build) (64-bit))
- Chrome Latest Version Version 133.0.6943.142 (Official Build) (64-bit)
- 🔴 ESC will cancel selection but have a conflict with windows shortcuts if pressed with ctrl || shift || alt
- 🔴 Unknown compatibility with other browsers or operating systems.
- 🟢 Add two actions. Action 1: Ctrl + Right Mouse for copy link. Action 2: Right mouse for open links - Copy links with CTRL + Right Mouse, release the CTRL, it does not change to open links while the opposite works.
- 🟢 Add two actions. Action 1: Ctrl + Right Mouse for copy link. Action 2: Ctrl + Left mouse for open links. Only action with right mouse works
- 🔴 Lifting keyboard key and no action is found for mouse only actions, is still selecting
- 🟢 Removed unused context menu permission
- 🔴 Not compatible with Netsuite
- 🔴 Fix naming of buttons in Mac
- 🟢 Open Links/tabs in reverse order
- 🟢 Copy links with titles
- 🟢 Provide different color on add new action
- 🔴 Append Urls to clipboard. Clipboard = selected links + clipboard
- 🟢 Add rating button
- 🟢 Open tabs next to active tab
- 🟢 Recognize tags that are not visible
- 🔴 Include Compatibility with Youtube Subscriptions links
- 🟢 Add delay when opening tabs
- 🟢 Include option when copying URLs ("Title tab Url, instead of Title \n Url")
- 🔴 Create Bookmarks
- 🔴 Fix compatibility with Netsuite
Please refer to the changelog for detailed changes in each version.
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TheTacoScott - https://github.com/TheTacoScott
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oaustegard - https://github.com/oaustegard
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This is a Linkclump replacement/alternative
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This is a Copy All Urls replacement/alternative
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.