Salesforce Component Highlighter

See every Salesforce component
without opening DevTools

A free Chrome extension that outlines Lightning Web Components and Aura components right on the page — so you can tell instantly which component owns which part of the UI.

Works in Lightning Experience, Experience Cloud and Classic · Production and sandbox · No account, no sign-in, no data collection

Illustration of component highlighting on a Salesforce page A simplified page layout in which several regions are outlined with dashed borders and labelled with component API names such as c-contact-card and cQuickActions. cQuickActions c-contact-card c-related-list c-invoice-table
Illustration of the highlight layer. Component names appear exactly as they do in your org.

What it does

Toggle a highlight layer over any Salesforce page. Component boundaries and API names become visible, and the page stays fully usable underneath.

Highlights LWC

Finds custom Lightning Web Components anywhere on the page, including components nested inside shadow DOM, and labels each one with its tag name.

Highlights Aura

Detects custom Aura components and shows their component name. Aura wrappers that only contain an LWC are skipped, so you see the component that actually renders the UI.

Never blocks the page

Highlights are drawn as a non-interactive overlay layer. Nothing is written into Salesforce's own DOM, and every button and field underneath stays clickable.

Survives navigation

Lightning swaps the DOM as you move between records, tabs and console subtabs. Highlighting follows along and reapplies itself automatically.

Your colors

Pick any highlight color for LWC and Aura. Choices sync across your Chrome profile, and existing highlights repaint live.

Snapshot export

Export a JSON list of every component detected on the current page — handy for documentation, handovers and bug reports.

Who it's for

Anyone who has ever asked "which component is this, and where do I change it?"

Shortcuts

All shortcuts are remappable at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

ActionDefault
Toggle LWC highlightsCtrl + Shift + L
Toggle Aura highlightsCtrl + Shift + U
Clear all highlightsCtrl + Shift + X
Hover-only labelsCtrl + Shift + K
Export snapshotUnassigned — set your own

Privacy, in one line

The extension reads the page structure and nothing else. No page content, record data, field values or credentials are collected, stored or transmitted. There is no analytics, no account and no server — your preferences live in your own browser profile.

Full details in the privacy policy.

What's next

Planned for the next release — not yet available.

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