Text Rewriter

Text Rewriter

Replace specified phrases on a page

What is Text Rewriter?
Text Rewriter is an Edge add-on that allows you to replace specified phrases on a page. It supports customizable patterns and live updates for text that appears even after the page is loaded.
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By: pelmers
Users: 469 ▲ 14
Rating: 5.00 (1)
Version: 1.8.1 (Last updated: 2022-02-11)
Creation date: 2022-02-11
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
Size: 20.97K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Replace specified phrases on a page Arbitrary substitution of any visible text on a page.

Rewrite customizable patterns in a page. Created mostly for personal amusement, inspired by XKCD #1288 and "cloud to butt." By default provides a sensible "mispell" -> "misspell" replacement.

Supports any Javascript regular expressions, including backrefs and captures. I just visit the visible text nodes on the page and use nodeValue.replace for each provided pattern. This means if there is an overlapping pair of patterns A -> B and B -> C, then both A and B go to C.

Clicking the icon in the taskbar disables the addon for that domain. For example maybe you went a little overzealous with the substitutions and want to disable it on Slack because of possible... misunderstandings.

Also has an experimental live update feature that will perform replacements on any text that appears even after the page loaded (such as Youtube captions). Enable this from the options page.

User reviews
I use it every day
by Peter, 2021-10-26
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Safety
Risk impact

Text Rewriter may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Text Rewriter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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