Glance — Link Preview on Shift-Click (Hover-Style Peek) icon

Glance — Link Preview on Shift-Click (Hover-Style Peek)

by Briskkit · Functionality & UI
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Shift+click any link to preview it in a floating overlay — no new tab. Falls back to a popup window if a site blocks embedding.

Users
75
+59 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#93K
#78K among extensions
Version
1.0.0
updated 24 Jul 2026

Users

monthly, 3 months
03875Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 75 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 months
001Jul 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Glance — Link Preview on Shift-Click (Hover-Style Peek)

Glance lets you preview any link in a floating window — without losing your place. Just Shift-click a link. A clean preview pops up over the page. Done reading? Press Esc, click outside, or click away — you're right back where you were, with your original tab untouched. No more opening ten tabs to check ten links. No more losing your scroll position. FEATURES • Shift-click to peek — preview any link in a floating card over the current page. • Stays out of your way — close instantly with Esc, a click on the backdrop, or by clicking another window. • Works on stubborn sites — if a site blocks embedding, Glance automatically opens the preview in a separate popup window instead, so the peek still works. • Your tab is never touched — your scroll position and open tabs stay exactly as they were. • Pick your trigger — prefer Alt-click or Ctrl/Cmd-click? Switch the modifier key in Options. • Size it your way — set the preview window's width and height in Options. PRIVACY Glance collects nothing. It stores only your own preferences (which key triggers a peek and your preferred window size) on your device. It never records the links you preview, never reads page content, and never sends anything off your browser. Made by Briskkit — a set of small, sharp browser tools. https://beckzhou712.github.io/briskkit/

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+6+8.7%00.00
30 days+59+368.8%00.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Glance — Link Preview on Shift-Click (Hover-Style Peek) appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
shift#72+13

Version history

1 versions recorded
1.0.05 Jul 2026

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
5 Jul 2026
Size
46 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
gist.github.com
Extension ID
pdpkdehmchdffmckfemkocbjhalclomb

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 3
Permissions
storage

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