Is Caret Browsing safe?

Clean risk

Adds keyboard caret navigation to web pages with the F7 key.

This extension lets you turn Caret Browsing on or off with F7 and move through documents using the arrow keys. You can click to place the cursor, select text with Shift plus arrows, move by word with Option, and focus links or controls as you reach them. The store description says it is scheduled to be deprecated.

chrome-a11y-extensionsChrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Google Ireland, Ltd. - 94 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
chrome-a11y-extensions
Declared legal entity
Google Ireland, Ltd.
Registered address
Gordon House Barrow Street, Dublin 4 D04 E5W5, IE
Registered contact
Google Ireland, Ltd.

Same store account

4 other listings published from this account, 450k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

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Updated 15 October 2026fklpgenihifpccgiifchnihilipmbffg