Image Hover Save Chrome Extension

A Chrome extension that allows you to quickly save images by hovering over them (and more). When you hover over an image for a configurable amount of time, a download button appears that lets you save the image directly to your default downloads folder.

Features

• Hover to start: Hover over any image to show a download button
• Configurable delay: Adjust how long to hover before the button appears (0.5s to 3s)
• Smart filtering: Only shows download button for images larger than predefined dimensions
• No save dialog: Downloads directly to your default downloads folder
• Enable/disable: Toggle the extension on/off from the popup
• Visual feedback: Optional green border highlighting around targetable images (advanced option)
• and more..

Installation

1. Download or clone this repository
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/
3. Enable "Developer mode" (top right)
4. Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension folder

Alternatively, install from the Chrome Web Store
(Note: The Chrome Web Store version may not always have the latest updates.)

Usage

1. Navigate to any webpage with images
2. Hover your mouse over an image for the configured delay (default: 1.5 seconds)
3. A download button (💾) will appear in the top-right corner of the image
4. Click the button to download the image to your default downloads folder
5. Click the extension icon to adjust settings or disable the extension

Permissions

• downloads: Required to save images to your downloads folder
• storage: Required to save your preferences and settings
• tabs: Required for cross-tab preference communication and badge indicators
• activeTab: Required to interact with the current webpage
• <all_urls>: Required to work on all websites
• contextMenus: Required to add a link-only right-click menu entry

Privacy

This extension:

• Does not collect any personal data
• Does not send any usage information to external servers
• Settings are saved using Chrome's sync storage feature that syncs to your own Google account when available.

License

See LICENSE.

Third-Party Libraries

This extension uses the following open-source libraries:

• JSZip v3.10.1 - For creating ZIP archives of bulk downloads
  • License: MIT
  • Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Stuart Knightley, David Duponchel, Franz Buchinger, António Afonso

Author

• Jaewoo Jeon @thejjw

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