Improved the experience of restoring highlights after SPA-style page transitions.

Removed the delayed follow-up retry so restored highlights settle more predictably.
Simplified the restore flow in the content script to reduce duplicate recovery work.

UI/UX

• Added custom color renaming in settings, with updated localized UI strings.
• Fixed mobile highlight controls positioning.
• Fixed minimap hover preview styling on sites that define global tooltip CSS.
  I- mproved triple-click selection handling so paragraph and standalone heading selections keep the expected visible text.

Sync and Reliability

• Added TextQuoteSelector-based highlight sync/restore to better preserve highlights when DOM structure changes.
• Preserved spans for highlights that do not have selectors and required quote selectors when spans are empty.
• Improved custom color sync behavior by preserving renamed labels more reliably across first-run merges and synced updates.
• Avoided unnecessary sync writes during custom color cleanup.

Clarified the popup's delete-all action label so removing highlights from the current page is easier to understand.

Added a standalone Settings screen for custom highlight colors and keyboard shortcut mapping.
Improved popup and settings UX across desktop and mobile.
Fixed multiple reliability issues in color/shortcut refresh and extension-context handling.

Improved the selection action icon so it stays positioned more reliably on mobile and while scrolling.
Reduced accidental icon drift around selection handles, making highlight actions easier to trigger.

Fixed mobile selection controls so tapping the selection icon no longer closes controls unexpectedly.
Fixed mobile behavior where the floating selection icon could reappear while controls are already open.

Fixed accidental color activation on Firefox Mobile when selection controls appear, reducing unintended highlight changes.

What’s New in 2.0.0

Marks: Text Highlighter 2.0.0 focuses on everyday usability and stability improvements, so the extension feels faster, cleaner, and more reliable.

Improvements

Cleaner, easier management UI
The popup and page list were refined to make finding, editing, and deleting highlights more intuitive.

Better mobile navigation
Minimap touch behavior and expanded-state styling were improved for smoother navigation in long pages.

More reliable sync behavior
Highlight delete, bulk delete, and import flows were strengthened to reduce sync inconsistencies across tabs and devices.

Polished UI details
Small but noticeable issues, such as duplicate minimap tooltips, were fixed for a smoother experience.

Stronger privacy handling
Favicon handling in the page list was improved to reduce possible URL exposure risk.

Summary

Version 2.0.0 is a quality-focused update that makes Marks easier to use, more stable in real workflows, and more trustworthy day to day.

What's New in v1.8.0

Firefox for Android Support

You can now use Marks on Firefox for Android! Highlight text, manage colors, and access all core features directly from your mobile browser.

Improved Mobile Experience

• Larger, easier-to-tap buttons optimized for touch screens
• Better positioning of highlight controls in portrait mode
• Smoother text selection handling on mobile devices

Selection Controls Now On by Default

The highlight control buttons that appear when you select text are now enabled by default on all platforms. You no longer need to turn this on manually in settings.

Privacy

Added data collection permissions declaration for improved transparency

Arrange button UI of pages-list and Add filter and sort feature to pages-list

✨ New Selection Controls Feature

• On-selection highlighting: Added a new UI that appears when you select text,
  allowing you to highlight immediately without right-clicking
• Toggle control: New option in the popup to enable/disable the selection controls
  feature
• Smart positioning: Selection controls automatically position themselves to stay
  within screen boundaries