FocusBar
PDF SupportA premium, modern Chrome extension designed to help you focus on reading by highlighting the current line or paragraph while elegantly dimming the rest of the page.
Read Better.
FocusBar overlays a customizable, draggable, and resizable glassmorphic bar on any webpage or PDF. Dim the background to isolate the text you are reading right now. With new multi-frame support, FocusBar now reaches inside iframes and research viewers, making it the perfect companion for academic papers, long-form articles, and complex documentation.
Product Details
Focus Mode & Slit Mode
Dim the rest of the page to highlight only the bar area. Toggle "Slit Mode" to invert the colors, acting as a physical reading ruler to block out distractions line by line.
Hardware-Synced Auto-Scroll
Enjoy buttery-smooth, hardware-accelerated scrolling that precisely matches your reading speed, making long pages effortless to consume.
Smart-Pinning & PDF Support
FocusBar is now container-aware. Use the "Pin" feature to anchor the bar to specific scrolling sidebars, nested dashboards, or framed PDF viewers. Unlike basic reading masks, FocusBar intelligently identifies the active scrolling area.
Personalization
Adjust opacity, colors, blur intensity, and size manually. Supports English and Spanish localization for a global audience.
Recent Updates
- check_circle Added support for allFrames injection for deep multi-frame support.
- check_circle Improved Pinning logic with universal scroll detection for nested sidebars.
- check_circle Enhanced PDF.js and iframe compatibility for academic research viewers.
- check_circle Added "Frame Guard" to automatically prevent UI clutter in small ad units.
Improve your reading.
Ideal for students, researchers, professionals, or anyone who spends hours reading online.