Text Editor

A free, highly customizable text and code editor extension for your browser.
What is Text Editor?
Text Editor is a feature-rich text and code editor extension for the Microsoft Edge browser. It's highly customizable, built atop the renowned CodeMirror open-source JavaScript library. It supports over 100 coding languages and features a user-friendly interface with file I/O buttons and options on sidebars. The application leverages the new file system access API, allowing it to open and save files directly to your disk. If your browser doesn't support this API, it uses the download API instead.
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Add-on stats

Users: 3,406 ▲ 13
Rating: 3.50 (2)
Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2024-06-25)
Creation date: 2020-10-14
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 1.47M

Ranking

# 2706 ▼ 7

Other platforms

Text Editor (v0.2.1)
3.87 (23) 30,000
Text Editor (v0.1.7)
4.00 (6) 455
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Add-on summary

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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).

User reviews

works good with alt-i and copilot, you can write stuff then use it like this to fix your writtings or replies but you have to afterwords take alt-c or copy and paste, since the replace text feature doesn't work using text editor, but it is able to use alt-i feature of copilot and you can fix your text with that for comments or other stuff English teachers may not like its use thought or maybe they would? here is this same text using alt-i in with copilot and this app (next line). (The alt-i function and Copilot work well together; you can write text and then use this feature to correct your writing or responses. However, you must subsequently use alt-c or copy and paste, as the replace text feature does not work within the text editor. Nonetheless, the alt-i feature of Copilot allows you to refine your text for comments or other purposes. English teachers might have mixed opinions about its use, though.) it cannot yet or should not replace your english teachers of course.
by Robert, 2024-11-22
Its simple and good, please add feature for auto saving of files and preserve them after exit and auto reopen on next launch.
by Kanha, 2021-06-25
不支持中文字符，注释等
by 骏, 2020-06-17
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Risk impact

Text Editor does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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