Lighthouse

Lighthouse is a modern, context-aware browser extension that supercharges your text selection. It provides a beautiful, floating tooltip with smart actions that adapt to what you highlight.

✨ Features

• Context-Aware Actions: The tooltip only shows the tools you need.
  • Text: Search, Translate, Define, Copy, Speak.
  • Links: Open safely, Copy URL, View Safety Rating.
  • Smart Detection: Automatically detects Math equations, Currency, and Proper Nouns (Wiki-Peek) to offer specialized actions.
• Wiki-Peek: Highlight any famous person, place, or concept (1-4 capitalized words) to instantly see a Wikipedia summary and image without leaving the page.
• QR Code Generator: Highlight any text or URL to instantly generate a scannable QR code.
• Drag Handles: Easily adjust your text selection on desktop using touch-friendly drag handles (Circle, Square, Triangle, or Rhombus).
• Smart Snapping: Automatically snaps your selection to whole words for precision.
• Customizable UI: Fully themeable via CSS variables in the extension settings. Supports Light, Dark, and Auto modes.
• Performance Optimized: Built with native event listeners, requestAnimationFrame batching, and intelligent caching to ensure zero battery drain and silky smooth 60fps interactions.

🚀 Installation (Developer Mode)

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Open your browser's extension management page:
   • Chrome/Brave/Edge: chrome://extensions/
3. Enable Developer mode (usually a toggle in the top right corner).
4. Click Load unpacked and select the folder containing the extension files.

⚙️ Configuration

Click the Lighthouse icon in your browser toolbar to open the Settings Popup.

• Buttons: Drag and drop to reorder the actions in your tooltip. Enable or disable specific tools.
• Search Engines: Add custom search providers (e.g., YouTube, Reddit, GitHub).
• Options:
  • Toggle Smart Snapping and Drag Handles.
  • Change the Drag Handle style.
  • Set your preferred Language, Currency, and Measurement Units.
  • Customize the tooltip appearance with your own CSS.
  • Export and Import your settings.

💻 Development

For technical details, architecture overview, and guides on how to contribute or add new actions, please refer to DEVELOPER.md.

📄 License

MIT License