Modern Chrome Web Extension and Firefox Browser Addon for Splitting and Formatting Text.
All Chromium Based Browsers can install the extension from the Chrome Web Store.
- Download a Chrome Release from GitHub
- Download a Firefox Release from GitHub
Important
Firefox is currently only available from a GitHub Release.
- Split Text into Lines with a Slier or Saved Values
- Activate from Context Menu, Keyboard Shortcuts or Popup
- Automatic Dark/Light Mode based on Browser Appearance Settings
Please submit a Feature Request for new features.
For any issues, bugs or concerns; please Open an Issue.
You can pin the Addon by clicking the Puzzle Piece
, find the Text Formatter icon, then;
Chrome, click the Pin
icon.
Firefox, click the Settings Wheel
and Pin to Toolbar
.
Quick Start
First, clone (or download) this repository and change into the directory.
Second, install the dependencies:
npm install
Finally, to run Chrome or Firefox with web-ext, run one of the following:
npm run chrome
npm run firefox
Additionally, to Load Unpacked/Temporary Add-on make a manifest.json
and run from the src folder, run one of the following:
npm run manifest:chrome
npm run manifest:firefox
Chrome: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/get-started/tutorial/hello-world#load-unpacked
Firefox: https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/temporary-installation-in-firefox/
For more information on web-ext, read this documentation.
To pass additional arguments to an npm run
command, use --
.
Example: npm run chrome -- --chromium-binary=...
Install the requirements and copy libraries into the src/dist
directory by running npm install
.
See gulpfile.js for more information on postinstall
.
npm install
To create a .zip
archive of the src directory for the desired browser run one of the following:
npm run build
npm run build:chrome
npm run build:firefox
For more information on building, see the scripts section in the package.json file.
- Build or Download a Release.
- Unzip the archive, place the folder where it must remain and note its location for later.
- Open Chrome, click the
3 dots
in the top right, clickExtensions
, clickManage Extensions
. - In the top right, click
Developer Mode
then on the top left clickLoad unpacked
. - Navigate to the folder you extracted in step #3 then click
Select Folder
.
- Build or Download a Release.
- Unzip the archive, place the folder where it must remain and note its location for later.
- Go to
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
and clickLoad Temporary Add-on...
- Navigate to the folder you extracted earlier, select
manifest.json
then clickSelect File
. - Open
about:config
search forextensions.webextensions.keepStorageOnUninstall
and set totrue
.
If you need to test a restart, you must pack the addon. This only works in ESR, Development, or Nightly. You may also use an Unbranded Build: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing#Unbranded_Builds
- Run
npm run build:firefox
then useweb-ext-artifacts/{name}-firefox-{version}.zip
. - Open
about:config
search forxpinstall.signatures.required
and set tofalse
. - Open
about:addons
and drag the zip file to the page or choose Install from File from the Settings wheel.