text-block

A Chrome Extension to block or replace some text in website. Download Url

Extension Ability

1. Block some text in all website by some rule you set.
2. Replace some text in all website by some rule you set.

What scenario use text-block?

1. Usually hide the word that you don't like
2. Sometimes parent can block sensitive word for children.
3. Play a joke with your friends.
4. Block bullet screen(probably it is called 'danmaku') in HTML5 Video. For Example, bilibili.com, douyu.com etc.

Match Rule Support

Nowtext-blocksupport two kinds of rule:

1. text match, exact match the text, not fuzzy search.
2. RegExp match, regexp is javascript language support type. mdn

Usage Step

1. install extension from chrome app

2. click text-block icon and add rule

3. input your rule content.Every rule contain three element.

• First is match type. You can select text match or RegRxp match. text match is exact match, it is easy to set up. RegExp match is more powerful, such as /[Ss]ome/ string is match.
• Second is match rule. If you select text match type, this is match text. If you select RegExp match, this is RegExp object.
• Third is replace value. Usually if you want to block text, replace value is not necessary to set up. If you want to replace with other value, you can input some text. It is a pure string to replace.

4. click start button to start 'block' process. If it not work, you can refrest website.

5. If you want to add a new rule or delete a rule on 'starting' status, you can click reload button after your setting.

More Usage

If extension version > 0.8.0, you can set domain mode: blacklist or whitelist. By default, domain mode is blacklist.

Domain Mode

You can click blacklist to toggle domain mode.

You can click Add to List to add current domain in blacklist or whitelist.

P.S: The same domain can save in blacklist and whitelist which work in different mode.

If you set mode as blacklist, it means text-block will not work in list of domain.

For example, blacklist content is:

foo.com
bar.com

text-block will not work in foo.com and bar.com

If you set mode as whitelist, it means text-block will only work in list of domain.

For example, whitelist content is:

foo.com
bar.com

text-block will only work in foo.com and bar.com

highlight

If you want to see what html element is changed, you can toggle highlight button.