Copy link to highlight in FireFox

Hi! So this post will be very short.

So one of my favorite features in Chrome is the “link to highlight” feature.

It’s just so convenient when sharing links to long pages.

Now, for a long time, I was kind of bummed that this feature wasn’t available in FireFox, but it turns out that it’s been available for a while!

I’m not sure why, but currently the feature is hidden behind a feature flag. And you can find this flag in a related bugzilla ticket.

To enable the feature, type about:config into your browser URL field.

Accept the warning.

Now enter the feature flag dom.text_fragments.create_text_fragment.enabled and click the two arrows on the right to flip the flag from false to true.

Now when you highlight some text, the “Copy link to highlight” context will be available. Enjoy!