Laser PointerA laser pointer for your browser
Make your point.
Keep the flow.
A must-have for teachers and presenters. Turn a live webpage into your teaching space: point, underline, and sketch with natural, fading ink. Pause to use the page, then pick up exactly where you left off.
Laser Pointer
Make your point. Keep the flow.Enable & allowStep 1 of 5
Click the toolbar icon and allow access to this website.
Try the ink here—no installation needed. Permission prompts vary by browser.
Your ink, your way.
Three colours, three widths, and adjustable smoothing. Choose a 1–20-second hold, then let your marks gently fade.
Press Esc. Start fresh.
Turn the laser off and clear every mark instantly. Your webpage is ready for the next idea.
Apple Pencil for the ink.
Fingers for the page.
Draw directly on a Safari webpage while your fingers keep scrolling, zooming, and tapping.
Lightweight and responsive, with no accounts, ads, or analytics. Your ink stays on your device.
Welcome to Laser Pointer
Ready to make your point?
Your next explanation starts with a single click. Let’s get you ready.
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Enable the extension.
Open the Laser Pointer app, choose Open Safari Settings…, then enable Laser Pointer in Extensions.
In Settings → Apps → Safari → Extensions, turn on Laser Pointer.
Open your browser’s Extensions menu and pin Laser Pointer to the toolbar so it’s always within reach.
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Click. Allow. You’re on.
Open a webpage, click the Laser Pointer toolbar icon, and allow access to that website when asked.
Open a webpage in Safari. Tap its extensions button, choose Laser Pointer, and allow website access when asked.
Open a webpage, click the Laser Pointer toolbar icon, and allow website access when asked.
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Make your first mark.
Move to point. Drag to draw. Open the floating gear to choose your colour, width, and how long the ink stays.
Touch Apple Pencil to the page to draw. Your fingers keep scrolling, zooming, and tapping. The floating gear adjusts your ink.
Move to point. Drag to draw. Open the floating gear to choose your colour, width, and how long the ink stays.
Get Laser Pointer.
Free on Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. One purchase covers Safari on Mac and iPad.
Microsoft Edge
For Microsoft Edge on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Safari (macOS & iPadOS)
One purchase for Mac and iPad. Requires macOS 12+ with Safari 17.5+, or iPadOS 17.5+ with Apple Pencil.
Google Chrome
For Google Chrome on macOS, Windows, ChromeOS, and Linux.
Mozilla Firefox
For Mozilla Firefox on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
A little extra help.
Where does Laser Pointer work?
Restricted browser pages: For security, all browsers block extensions from running on internal pages (such as edge://, chrome://, about:, and new-tab pages), official extension stores (Microsoft Edge Add-ons, Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons), Safari Reader view, and built-in PDF viewers. Switch to any regular https:// or http:// webpage to use the laser.
Website permissions: If the laser won’t start on a regular website, verify that site access is allowed:
- Safari on Mac: Check Safari → Settings → Websites → Extensions (or Safari → Settings → Extensions → Laser Pointer) and allow the current website.
- Safari on iPad: Tap the extensions icon in the address bar → Manage Extensions, or check Settings → Apps → Safari → Extensions → Laser Pointer.
- Edge & Chrome: Right-click the Laser Pointer toolbar icon, choose Manage extension, and check its Site access setting.
- Firefox: Click the Extensions icon, open Manage Extension for Laser Pointer, and check the Permissions tab.
Can I still interact with the webpage?
On desktop browsers, Laser Pointer places an active drawing layer over the page so dragging your mouse or trackpad draws smooth strokes instead of selecting text or dragging images.
Press Space at any time to pause the laser and interact with links, buttons, sliders, videos, or draggable graphs normally while your drawn marks stay visible on screen. Press Space again to resume drawing, or press Esc (or click the toolbar icon) to turn the laser off completely. On iPad, your fingers and trackpad always scroll and tap the page normally while Apple Pencil draws.
How does Apple Pencil work on iPad?
On iPad, hovering the Pencil on a supported iPad moves the laser dot, and touching the screen draws, while finger touches and trackpad gestures continue scrolling, zooming, and clicking the page normally. A mode button beside the floating gear switches the Pencil between drawing and pointer-only mode, and a Turn off laser button in the settings panel lets you exit without a hardware keyboard.
Can I move the settings?
Moving the settings gear: Drag the floating gear button to any corner of the browser window; it remembers its position locally and automatically closes its panel when you start drawing.