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).
Exactly what I’m hoping to find
I like it. I wish (1) it could open in a tab and (2) it could enable code folding.
Can’t believe the app opens half-window, and can’t be resized. Unistalled immediately
Does not save to windows 10 pro pc properly, lost a lot of notes and contents!
Does not auto save or prompt on exist for unsaved changes – lost work, gave up.
how to open this extension as a new tab in chrome, not as a standalone window?
Everything about it seems fine. My only query is that there is not a mode for Java specifically which is different to JavaScript, so when I want to save the file it’s preset to JavaScript which I have to manually change. Also it seems for me that when I click the “Save” button nothing happens and I have to continually keep on clicking the “Save As” button whenever I want to save an updated file.
Looks good, like atom.
It’s an easy application to use, it also allows me to copy code snippets and quickly locate opening and closing brackets, plus it’s distraction-free and shows up every time I log myself into a Chrome browser… What more could I ask for?