NYT Crossword Pencil Toggle

On the New York Times' Crossword site, press the Left Shift key to toggle the pencil tool.

NYT Crossword Pencil Toggle

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By: ryanodd

Users: 72

Rating: 4.75

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Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2024-12-13)

Creation date: 2024-08-21

Risk impact: Low risk impact

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Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting
storage

Size: 29.80K

Email: ry*****@gmail.com

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Are you a New York Times crossword puzzle solver? Tired of using your mouse to click the pencil button every time you aren't sure of an answer? With this extension, simply press the Left Shift key to toggle the pencil tool while solving crosswords on NYT. This key can be be changed in the options menu.

Made with love <3 Feedback is welcome.

User reviews

Handy tool, but can you make the hotkey configurable or set it to something else? Shift+Tab goes to the previous clue, which toggles the pencil too now... Or even ignore the pencil shortcut when shift onkeyup if tab has been pressed since onkeydown EDIT: created a Pull Request on GitHub to add alternatives (shift left, shift right, alt left, alt right, ctrl left, ctrl right) as an option