Monaco Editor

Edit plain text content using Monaco editor.

What is Monaco Editor?

Monaco Editor is a Chrome extension that allows you to edit plain text content using the Monaco editor. It provides an overlay that can be used to edit editable nodes on a page. Simply right-click or use a keyboard shortcut to open the editor. Changes made in the Monaco editor are continuously updated in the original content element. The editor can be closed by hitting escape or clicking outside of it, and the content is copied back to the original editor.

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By: jorenm

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Users: 512 ▲ 6

Rating: 4.33 (3)

Version: 1.0 (Last updated: 2020-12-02)

Creation date: 2020-12-02

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus

Size: 2.40M

Email: jo*****@300feetout.com

Ranking

# 38564 ▲ 118

Other rankings

#7537 in Developer Tools ▼ 8 #39 in editor keyword 44 ▲ 2

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Extension summary

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Provides an implementation of the Monaco editor as an overlay which can be used to edit editable nodes on a page.

Open editor using Right Click -> Edit with Monaco Editor or [CMD / CTRL] + Left Click on an editable element.

The original content element will be continuously updated with changes from the Monaco editor.

To close the editor either hit escape, or click the shadowbox around it. The Monaco editor content will be copied into the original content editor on close.

User reviews

5 starring this even though there are some limitations becuase of how wonderful of an idea it is, and how fundamentally it is starting to change my workflow. Just CTRL(ALT?) + CLICK and BAM nice vscode like editor shows up nearly instantly (nice work on loading speed btw). My only gripes are that some keyboard shortcuts are still passed through. Certain things, like hitting `[ESC]` causes the dialog to close. Thankfully the edits are saved in the textarea, but still a little jarring to the ultimate flow. If this is Open Source I might try to tinker with it one day. Even without being open source I guess I could look at the extension package. But, author, jorenm, is this open to alterations?

UltimoPenguin7, 2024-02-24

The idea is really cool, but it seems to be completely glitched at the moment. Text in the monaco editor is centered in the editor, while the "actual" content is still left aligned. If it's fixed, I will use it.