Text Editor

A free, highly customizable text and code editor extension for your browser.

What is Text Editor?

"Text Editor" is a full-featured text and code editor Chrome extension. It's built on the famous CodeMirror open-source JavaScript library. It supports three key-maps and over 100 coding languages. The extension uses the new file system access API to open and save files.

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By: Sevina

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 30,000+

Rating: 3.87 (23)

Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2024-07-01)

Creation date: 2019-12-01

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage

Size: 1.67M

Email: se*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 5519 ▼ 16

Other rankings

#179 in Tools ▲ 3

#2 in text editor keyword 12

#9 in editor keyword 43 ▼ 1

#165 in javascript keyword 44 ▲ 12

#212 in html keyword 27 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Text Editor (v0.1.7)

4.00

(6) 449

Text Editor (v0.2.0)

3.50

(2) 3,406+

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Extension summary

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Text Editor is a full-featured text & code editor add-on for your browser.

This add-on has plenty of options to adjust and is built on top of the famous CodeMirror open-source JavaScript library (https://codemirror.net/). Once you open the add-on for the first time, you will see a sidebar at the left and an empty text editor at the right. The left sidebar includes file I/O buttons. For example, a button to open file(s) or settings. There is also a right sidebar that includes all the options for this app.

Note 1: This extension uses the new file system access API (https://web.dev/file-system-access/) to open and save files to disk. But, if your browser does not support this new API, it uses the - downloads - API instead to save files to disk in the default download folder (asks for downloads permission when opening the interface).

Note 2: Currently, Text Editor supports three key-maps for famous text editors (i.e. sublime). Moreover, it supports more than 100 coding languages (i.e. JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc.)

If you have a feature request or found a bug to report, please fill the bug report form in the add-on's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/text-editor.html).

User reviews

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Pros

Easy to use and better than Dreamweaver
Works well on Chromebook and for web development
Good alternative to outdated editors like Caret
Allows opening and creating text files from local drive
Unique themes like the matrix theme

Cons

Cannot open in a browser tab, only as a pop-up window
Does not auto-save or prompt for unsaved changes
Issues with saving content properly on Windows 10
Limited functionality compared to traditional IDEs (e.g., lacks code folding)
Cannot resize the window or open files easily

Most mentioned

Wants to open in a tab instead of a pop-up
Issues with saving files and lost content
Requires more functionality like auto-save and code folding

User reviews

I didn't find an option that allows the editor to open inside the browser tab. It opens as a pop-up window. To me being able to open inside the browser with the ability to store either in the local or remote drive is essential. I would like the app to open the editor in a manner similar to another chrome plugin called Papier Without this ability, I find the app simply not useful.