Better Council of State by Rafaël Jafferali

Display judgments of the Belgian Council of State with PDF.js and add automatic reference extraction when copying text.

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About this extension

Browser extension for optimized consultation of Belgian Council of State judgments.

Professional interface with complete toolbar (zoom, search, navigation, rotation, presentation mode)
Annotation and highlighting: ability to highlight text and save annotated PDFs
In-document search (Ctrl/Cmd+F)
Thumbnails and bookmarks for quick navigation
Print and download with advanced options

Smart extraction of the judgment date and applicant name from PDF content
Bilingual display: toggle between French (C.E.) and Dutch (RvS) reference format
Language preference saved to localStorage (independent from the displayed judgment)
Formatted display:
French: C.E., 6 mars 2015, n° 230.432, Mansour
Dutch: RvS 25 november 2004, nr. 137.642, Ingrosso

Automatic page detection: identifies the PDF page where the copied passage begins
Automatic formatting: text copied to clipboard will be formatted as "selected text" (C.E., 6 mars 2015, n° 230.432, Mansour, p. 3)
HTML and plain text copy for maximum compatibility
Dedicated button in top banner

Automatic naming: CE 230.432.pdf or RvS 230.432.pdf (follows language toggle)
Dedicated button in top banner
Annotations included in the downloaded file

The extension will automatically activate on:
- https://www.raadvst-consetat.be/Arrets/*
- https://www.raadvst-consetat.be/Arresten/*

Open a judgment on the Council of State website (URL ending in .pdf)
View the PDF with all PDF.js viewer features
Toggle language using the FR/NL buttons on the right of the banner
Copy a passage: the complete reference with page number will be automatically added
Download: the file will have a standardized name

[ Copy ] [ Save ]    C.E., 6 mars 2015, n° 230.432, Mansour    [ FR | NL ]

No personal data whatsoever is treated by this extension.

1.0.0 : first version
1.0.1 : fixed automatic activation on arr.php judgment links, including links with language or type parameters; added a 10-second update notification banner linking to GitHub; corrected the GitHub repository link in the popup
1.0.2 : fixed Firefox support by opening judgments in the extension's own PDF.js viewer; restored reference extraction, formatted copying, downloads, and update notifications in Firefox, including direct PDF links with search fragments

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