Better Text Viewer

Makes plain text files easier to read in Chrome

What is Better Text Viewer?

Better Text Viewer is a lightweight, customizable Chrome extension that facilitates reading plain-text files in Chrome. It provides line numbering, line unwrapping, and syntax highlighting, similar to Notepad++ or Vim.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-05-28

By: http://matthewpwatkins.com

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 3.67 (58)

Version: 2.2 (Last updated: 2019-03-08)

Creation date: 2019-03-08

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*
tabs
webRequest

Size: 183.30K

URLs: Website

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Summary

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Description

Better Text Viewer is a lightweight, customizable extension that facilitates reading plain-text files in Chrome. Get the same view of your file that you would in Notepad++, Vim, or any other decent editor, including:

Line numbering
Line unwrapping
Syntax highlighting

The extension automatically determines when you are viewing a plain-text file, and guesses the language based on the file extension-- no configuration necessary [NEW: Content-Type headers taken into account as of v 2.0].

Support will be included for more languages in the future. All bug reports should be submitted via my website's contact page:

www.matthewpwatkins/contact.html

NOTE: Enable the "Allow access to file URLs" option on the extensions page for maximum functionality

User reviews

Very like it

Jakov Motsenov, 2021-10-06

Can't figure out how to make this extension work. Spent a half hour and got nowhere. I'm not dumb, I have an MS in business. The link to their website does not work.

Charles Gutman, 2021-05-13

Can't print multi-page txt files when active. clips at first page and prints scrollbar as well

Eric Decker, 2020-06-26

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Safety

Risk impact

Better Text Viewer is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Better Text Viewer if you trust the publisher.