Focus Follows Mouse

Name: Focus Follows Mouse
Rating: 3.8571 (7 reviews)
Author: spyrosoft

A productivity tool to automatically place the cursor inside of text inputs when hovering over them. When else do you hover over a text input? Additionally, radio and checkbox elements will be focused but not checked upon hovering.

Focus Follows Mouse - Automatic Cursor Placement Add-On

Focus Follows Mouse is a productivity tool that automatically places the cursor inside text inputs and focuses on other form elements when hovered over. It enhances efficiency by eliminating the need to manually click on inputs while working with web forms.

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Add-on stats

By: spyrosoft

Daily users: 25

Rating: 3.86

(7)

0.19

Version: 1.2resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)

Version code: 5726168

Creation date: 2012-06-11

Weekly download count: 1

Firefox on Android: No

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Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 10.37K

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

Ranking

# 18,533 ▼ 9

Other rankings

#25 in focus keyword 60

#39 in mouse keyword 50

#62 in cursors keyword 40 ▼ 4

#73 in input keyword 64

#119 in zillow keyword 76

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User reviews

by 远离中共邪教快退出党团队, 2025-03-19

Works pretty well, but it is pretty obnoxious unfortunately, even breaking some functionality of sites by forcing you to dodge UI elements to get from one to another. The fault is probably more on the website designer than the extension, but I don't think this is worth using.

by Magnus Anderson, 2022-06-18

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Focus Follows Mouse requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Focus Follows Mouse has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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