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This plugin has been replaced with an updated WebExtension version (as required by Firefox > v57 )

The Link Visitor extension for Firefox provides the ability to add single or multiple links to the browser history, making them appear visited, without having to actually visit them. It also allows them to be removed from the history.

Note: For this extension to work, Firefox's privacy settings must be set a minimum of 'Remember my browsing and download history', and the about:config option layout.css.visited_links_enabled must be set to true.

For a single link, right click on a link and select 'Toggle visited status'.

For selected links, select the area containing the desired links, right click and select 'Mark Selected Links As' then 'Visited' or 'Unvisited'.

For all links on a page, right click and select 'Mark Links As' then 'Visited' or 'Unvisited' (Note: Prior to FF35, this will not appear if you right click on a link or have text selected) Alternatively select the toolbar button (if enabled) and pick the desired option.

Preferences:

• 'Always Mark Bookmarks as Visited': if set, bookmarked links will not be marked unvisited.
• 'Mark Selected Links as Visited': shortcut key to mark selected links as Visited
• 'Mark Selected Links as unvisited': shortcut key to mark selected links as Unvisited
• 'Mark All Links as Visited': shortcut key to mark all links as Visited
• 'Mark All Links as Unvisited': shortcut key to mark all links as Unvisited

From Version 4.0.0

• 'Show in toolbar': add a toolbar button to select mark all visted/unvisited
• 'Override Colour of Visited Links': if selected, force the style of all visited links to the specified 'Override Colour'
• 'Override Colour': The colour to use for overriding the default or site colour on visited links
• 'Override Exceptions': A comma delimited list of _hostname_s to exclude from the override behaviour.
  If the syntax 'hostname:colour' is used, the specified CSS Colour will be used instead of the 'Override Colour'. If a domain name is used, all sites within the domain will be excluded. (e.g. example.com will cover www.example.com, forums.example.com, etc.)

For all shortcut keys, the format of the preference is defined by the Hotkey options parameter

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Known Issues

• Keyboard shortcuts not working in 4.0.0, Fixed in 4.0.1
• The 'v' shortcut key in the context menu to toggle visited status not currently supported