Overleaf textarea

This plugin displays your text in a textarea so you can use spellcheck plugins like Grammarly.

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Overleaf Textarea - Enhance Spellcheck on Overleaf with Chrome

'Overleaf Textarea' is a Chrome extension designed to optimize spellcheck on Overleaf. It sources content from the file visible in the editor, filters out commands and keywords, and pastes the plain text in a textarea overlaying the PDF preview. This method enables integration with sophisticated spellcheck tools like Grammarly which cannot function in complex editors like Overleaf. Changes made in the textarea, either manually or via Grammarly, are evaluated and automatically merged back into the Overleaf editor, ensuring efficient proofreading.

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By: Robin Dijkhof

Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.80

(110)

Version: 3.0.0 (Last updated: 2023-05-12)

Creation date: 2020-10-12

Permissions:

https://overleaf.com/
https://www.overleaf.com/
*://*.overleaf.com/*
storage
contextMenus
activeTab

Size: 77.73K

Email: ta*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 5,760 ▲ 65

Other rankings

#3025 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 16

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Overleaf textarea (v3.0.0)

718 4.56

(9)

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Great plugin, really a game changer in Overleaf.
Very useful plugin.
This was so useful! A godsend.
Great app for grammar checking in Overleaf.
It is helpful for users with dyslexia.

Cons

Extension often broken or not working.
Underlining becomes misaligned with text.
Extension crashes in Chrome.
Unreliable word marking can lead to sentence issues.
Some features are not functioning after updates.

Most mentioned

Doesn't work for me.
Seems to be broken.
Great idea, but with bugs.
Very useful tool.
Crashes in Chrome.

User reviews

Doesn't work for me. As said before me, probably broken.

Marcell Harmaci, 2024-04-16

It seems the plugin is broken. Please fix it.

Ye Shi, 2023-11-07

Looked like exactly what I needed but after installing it, the pdf part of the page is just a blank page with a cursor blinking. Some Overleaf update probably broke the plugin.

Konstantinos, 2023-02-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Overleaf textarea requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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

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