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TextEditAid for Chrome
Tech Specs
- • Type: Browser Extension
- • Latest Version: 1.0.8
- • Price: Freeware
- • Offline: No
- • Developer: Wayne Davison
User Reviews
- • Rating Average
- 4.25 out of 5
- • Rating Users
- 40
Download Count
- • Total Downloads
- 6
- • Current Version Downloads
- 3
- • Updated: July 6, 2021
TextEditAid is a free Productivity Extension for Chrome. You could download the latest version crx file or old version crx files and install it.
More About TextEditAid
This extension allows you to edit (or just filter) the contents of a textarea on a web page. Since Chrome does not allow the running of an external program directly, this extension instead makes an ajax call to a web server, which can start up a graphical editor, or perform any kind of filtering you desire. The URL that is used is configurable in the options.
When a textarea receives the focus (e.g. if you click in one), an icon will pop up in the address bar. If you click it, an ajax request will process the currently-selected textarea and update the value when the request is done (e.g. when the editor exits). You can also assign a keystroke to use to activate the editor (I like Alt-Enter).
Change Log:
1.0.7 - Tweaked the OK/Cancel buttons on the options page.
1.0.6 - A fix for Mac OS X that made clicking on the icon not work.
1.0.5 - Include the status text in the failure alert so it is clearer what needs to be fixed.
1.0.4 - Avoid spurious failure alerts after a successful update. Added support for http basic auth (you'll need an updated version of edit-server or whatever script you're using).
1.0.3 - Added a configurable keyboard shortcut (defaults to disabled).
1.0.2 - Fixed a newly-introduced bug with the field editing.
1.0.1 - Changed event capturing method so that focusing any textarea shows the clickable icon.
The edit-server script that I wrote (in perl) for use with TextAid (the latest version outputs better status-text messages on failure, and has support for basic auth):
http://opencoder.net/edit-server
The servers written for the emacs_chrome project should also work (the python one did when last I looked at it, though it was only single-threaded). You could also supply your own server script, or run a CGI under a normal web server. See the options page for more information on the POST request used.
When a textarea receives the focus (e.g. if you click in one), an icon will pop up in the address bar. If you click it, an ajax request will process the currently-selected textarea and update the value when the request is done (e.g. when the editor exits). You can also assign a keystroke to use to activate the editor (I like Alt-Enter).
Change Log:
1.0.7 - Tweaked the OK/Cancel buttons on the options page.
1.0.6 - A fix for Mac OS X that made clicking on the icon not work.
1.0.5 - Include the status text in the failure alert so it is clearer what needs to be fixed.
1.0.4 - Avoid spurious failure alerts after a successful update. Added support for http basic auth (you'll need an updated version of edit-server or whatever script you're using).
1.0.3 - Added a configurable keyboard shortcut (defaults to disabled).
1.0.2 - Fixed a newly-introduced bug with the field editing.
1.0.1 - Changed event capturing method so that focusing any textarea shows the clickable icon.
The edit-server script that I wrote (in perl) for use with TextAid (the latest version outputs better status-text messages on failure, and has support for basic auth):
http://opencoder.net/edit-server
The servers written for the emacs_chrome project should also work (the python one did when last I looked at it, though it was only single-threaded). You could also supply your own server script, or run a CGI under a normal web server. See the options page for more information on the POST request used.
