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Highlights

Highlight text on any web page or in Read Mode, add annotations, and find every highlight again in one place.

✦ Highlights & Capabilities

  • Highlight on any page with the browser extension, or in Read Mode
  • Highlight Mode and Auto Highlight for fast capture
  • Nine highlight colors, two highlight styles
  • Annotations with configurable indicators
  • Save as Highlight, Snippet, Word, or Quote
  • Highlights page with grouping, filters, and sorting

# Highlights

A highlight is a passage of text you saved from a page. Each highlight stays linked to the page it came from, and can have its own note (annotation), tags, collection, and rating.

# Creating Highlights

Where How
Any web page Select text with the browser extension active. The highlight toolbar appears.
Right-click Choose Highlight or Save as Snippet from the context menu.
Read Mode Select text while reading an article in Read Mode.

Two settings speed this up:

  • Highlight Mode: shows the highlight toolbar as soon as you select text.
  • Auto Highlight: saves a highlight the moment you select text, with no extra click. You can also switch it on from the highlight toolbar.

# The Highlight Toolbar

Action What it does
Color Change the highlight color
Annotate Add a note to the highlight
Tags Tag the highlight
Favorite Mark it as a favorite
Copy Copy the text
Quote / Snippet / Word Save the selection as a quote, snippet, or word instead of a plain highlight
Sidebar Open the highlights sidebar for this page
Auto Highlight Turn Auto Highlight on or off
Delete Remove the highlight

Choose which actions appear in Settings → Highlights.

# Colors and Style

Setting Options Default
Default Highlight Color Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Gray, Black, White Yellow
Highlight Preference Use the default color, or the last used color Last Used
Highlight Style Normal, Underline Normal
Card Style Sticky Note, Indicator Indicator

# Annotations

Annotated highlights are marked on the page so you can spot them:

Setting Options Default
Annotation Indicator Underline, Wavy Underline, No Indicator Underline
Annotation Indicator Color Text color, Highlight color Highlight color
Display Annotation On Hover, On Click On Click

# Finding Your Highlights

  • The Highlights page lists every highlight, with group by, filter, and sort options.
  • A bookmark's highlights are shown on the bookmark itself, and its card can show a highlights indicator.
  • Highlights can be added to collections, tagged, rated, and searched like any other item.