Text Fu

Text expansion and substitution engine for textareas.

Text Fu: Text Expansion and Substitution Chrome Extension

Text Fu is a productivity Chrome extension designed for users who frequently need to enter the same or similar text in form text areas. It provides a simple and efficient solution using text triggers, allowing users to quickly expand and substitute text without the need for copy/paste or app switching.

Extension stats

By: Jeff Deroshia

Users: 62

Rating: 3.00

Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2023-02-22)

Creation date: 2015-07-10

Permissions:

storage
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Size: 76.08K

Email: de*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 83,384 ▼ 867

Other rankings

#29304 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 934 #63 in text editor keyword 26 ▼ 1 #124 in data entry keyword 7 ▲ 2 #210 in expand keyword 3 ▼ 2 #232 in property keyword 6 ▼ 2

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Worked as advertised until recently; can no longer scroll down in extension interface to add/alter substitutions.

by

BenKarl Bransonmo, 2018-04-18

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Text Fu requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Text Fu. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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