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Browser Protector Settings

The settings in the browser protector

    Extension Settings

    The following settings are available in the extension’s Settings panel. All settings are persisted to Chrome sync storage and apply across sessions.

    1. Popup / Side Panel

    Setting key: OPEN_MODE
    Options: Popup | Sidepanel

    Controls how the extension UI is displayed when the browser action icon is clicked.

    OptionBehavior
    PopupOpens the extension in a small floating popup window anchored to the toolbar icon.
    SidepanelOpens the extension in Chrome’s persistent side panel, docked to the side of the browser window.

    The side panel option is useful when you need the extension visible alongside web page content without it closing on focus loss.

    Switching modes takes effect on the next click of the extension icon.

    2. Process Page Content Automatically

    Options: ON | OFF (default: OFF)

    When enabled, the extension automatically detects and unprotects, protected values on the pageas soon as the content is loaded or updated, the extension will unprotect — and continues monitoring for DOM changes (e.g. single-page app navigation or dynamically loaded content) to unprotect new values as they appear.

    Unprotection runs in the following priority order:

    1. Elements tagged with the data-pty-dataelement attribute
    2. Elements matched by configured Custom Mapping Configuration
    3. Elements matched from past usage history (only if “Unprotect Based on Past Usage” is also enabled)

    This setting requires the user to be logged in. If no active session is found, automatic unprotection is skipped.

    Turning this setting OFF will also automatically turn off Unprotect Based on Past Usage.

    3. Unprotect Based on Past Usage

    Options: ON | OFF (default: OFF)
    Requires: Process Page Content Automatically = ON

    When enabled alongside Process Page Content Automatically, the extension additionally applies unprotection to elements that were previously identified through user interactions (stored suggestions). This allows the extension to “remember” mappings discovered through past manual unprotect actions and re-apply them automatically on future page loads.

    This setting has no effect if Process Page Content Automatically is OFF — it will be forced to OFF if the parent setting is disabled.