TextEditAid

SUMMARY

This extension allows you to edit (or just filter) the contents of a textarea on a web page. Since Chrome does not allow the running of an external program directly, this extension instead makes an ajax call to a web server, which can start up a graphical editor, or perform any kind of filtering you desire. The URL that is used is configurable in the options.

When a textarea receives the focus (e.g. if you click in one), the icon will get a click action (indicated by the mouse-over title text). When left-clicked, an ajax request will process the currently-selected textarea and update the value when the request is done (e.g. when the editor exits). You can also assign a keystroke to use to activate the editor (I like Alt-Enter), which allows you to leave the extension's icon unpinned.

Change Log:

1.0.8 - Renamed TextAid to TextEditAid & tweaked for newer chrome.
1.0.7 - Tweaked the OK/Cancel buttons on the options page.
1.0.6 - A fix for Mac OS X that made clicking on the icon not work.
1.0.5 - Include the status text in the failure alert so it is clearer what needs to be fixed.
1.0.4 - Avoid spurious failure alerts after a successful update. Added support for http basic auth (you'll need an updated version of edit-server or whatever script you're using).
1.0.3 - Added a configurable keyboard shortcut (defaults to disabled).
1.0.2 - Fixed a newly-introduced bug with the field editing.
1.0.1 - Changed event capturing method so that focusing any textarea shows the clickable icon.

The edit-server script that I wrote (in perl) for use with TextEditAid:

http://opencoder.net/edit-server

Another option are the servers written for the emacs_chrome project (the python one worked fine when last I looked at it, though it was only single-threaded). You could also supply your own server script, or run a CGI under a normal web server. See the options page for more information on the POST request used.

The latest version of TextEditAid is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 1,000 active users. The initial version was launched on 2012-07-03.

HOW TO INSTALL TextEditAid FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download TextEditAid CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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