The multi-highlighter Chrome extension for finding multiple words at once
Add several chosen terms, give each one its own color, and see their matches together on supported webpages. PRO PDF Search extends the workflow to PDFs.
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What is a multi-highlighter?
A multi-highlighter is a browser extension that highlights more than one word or phrase on the same page at the same time. Each query gets its own color, so you can see every relevant term side by side without switching between Find queries or losing your place in a long article.
Use it to locate chosen terms in candidate pages, contracts, news articles, logs, or research papers. Read the surrounding text before deciding what a match means.
How to highlight multiple words on a Chrome page
- Install Highlighty from the Chrome Web Store and pin it to the toolbar.
- Open the page you want to scan and click the Highlighty icon to open the popup.
- Type a word or phrase into the query input, pick a color, and press Enter. Repeat for each keyword.
- Highlighty colors every match on the page in parallel and reports which queries were found or missed.
- Use scrollbar markers, X-Ray, or the navigation hotkeys to jump between matches.
Want full screenshots and edge cases? Read the complete how-to guide.
Highlighter features designed for multi-keyword work
- Per-query colors — slider, opacity, randomizer (free); full color picker and palette on PRO.
- Text decoration alternatives — underline, overline, strikethrough, wavy, dotted, or double underline when a background color is too heavy or clashes with the page.
- X-Ray context panel — surfaces matches inside collapsed sections, tabs, accordions, and dynamic UI so you stop missing hits hidden behind UI.
- Scrollbar markers — a quick visual map of where each highlight lives on long pages.
- Ctrl+F takeover — single-press opens Highlighty's bar with saved-highlight chips and modifier toggles; double-press falls through to native Find.
- Search modifiers — case sensitivity, whole word, diacritics, regex (PRO), fuzzy / typo tolerance (PRO).
- Bulk import — load queries from an .xlsx file. The free plan accepts terms within its five-query limit; PRO can add larger lists.
- PRO PDF Search — reuse the same query list on searchable PDFs, including scanned English PDFs via on-device OCR. Local PDFs are not uploaded to Highlighty for processing.
- Form-field highlighting — your saved-query matches also light up inside textareas and text-like inputs as you type, without ever modifying the field's real value. On by default; you can toggle it off per install if a site behaves oddly.
Why a multi-highlighter beats running Ctrl+F many times
Chrome's built-in Find can only chase one string at a time. Every additional keyword means typing it in, scrolling, then doing it again — and you lose the ability to compare matches across terms. A multi-highlighter shows you all of them at once, in distinct colors, with persistent state when you scroll or switch tabs.
For long documents and dense pages, seeing chosen terms together can help you compare where they appear. Read each match in context before drawing a conclusion.
See a practical workflow
Start with a few terms you already know, then read each match in context.
Recruiting and sourcing
Locate chosen skills and credentials on candidate pages. PDF Search extends the workflow to CVs with PRO.
Read the recruiter workflowLegal documents
Locate chosen names and defined terms on pages or, with PRO, in searchable and scanned English PDFs.
Read the legal workflowFrequently asked questions
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