# Textarea Cache M

> Allows to save automatically the content in a text input field. This is a fork of the origin Textarea Cache, since the author does not accept my PR.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/textarea-cache-m](https://chrome-stats.com/d/textarea-cache-m)

## Overview

- **ID:** `textarea-cache-m`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** gholk
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 4.8.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-09
- **First published:** 2024-09-08
- **Size:** 680 KB
- **Data as of:** 2024-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/textarea-cache-m/)

## Description

This is a fork of the [origin textarea cache][tc].
TCM cache the textarea in shadow-root
and stop scan textarea node intervally in background tab.

[tc]: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/3a6914242f30e4f847494831ba2de4df79f73393871c925969b001c822646a27/https%3A//github.com/wildskyf/TextareaCache" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/wildskyf/TextareaCache</a>

If a element match [css selector][ta sel] and has a shadow-root,
TCM will cache the textarea inside it.

[ta sel]: content-script.js#L45

(see <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/69f356bbda05460e2ae50cbdf5b12f381d1b2d112d3d1de74da1a25bd01546b6/https%3A//github.com/GHolk/TextareaCache/tree/tcm" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/GHolk/TextareaCache/tree/tcm</a> )

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `menus`
- `alarms`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension is not longer available in the store

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/textarea-cache-m)