Reader Focus

Reader Focus narrows your reading area by dimming the page above and below your cursor, creating a focused window for easier on‑screen reading. You can adjust the shader size to match your comfort and screen layout.

Using the floating toolbar

1. Click the extension icon to open the popup.
2. Toggle ON to show the floating toolbar on the current page.
3. Use the toolbar buttons:
   • Spotlight: a circular focus area around your cursor.
   • Shades: a horizontal focus window with top/bottom dimming.
   • Size + / Size -: increase or decrease the focus area size for either mode.
   • Hide: temporarily hide the toolbar (use the popup Show/Hide button to bring it back).
   • Off: turn off any active mode.
4. Toggle OFF in the popup to remove the toolbar entirely.

Default shortcuts (suggested):

• Open focus mode: Ctrl + Shift + A
• Close focus mode: Ctrl + Shift + X
• Increase shader size: Ctrl + Shift + ↑
• Decrease shader size: Ctrl + Shift + ↓

Setting up keyboard shortcuts

The suggested shortcuts above may not be active by default. Most browsers require you to enable or customize extension shortcuts manually.

Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera):

1. Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in the address bar.
2. Find "Reader focus".
3. Assign shortcuts for open, close, increase, and decrease.
4. Pick "Global" if you want the shortcuts to work outside the browser (if your browser supports that).

Firefox:

1. Open about:addons.
2. Click the gear icon and choose "Manage Extension Shortcuts" (or go to about:addons > Extensions > Manage Extension Shortcuts).
3. Find "Reader focus" and set the shortcuts you want.