![]() ![]() This free (and ad-free) extension adds basic javascript to your pages to check if your last set of consecutive keystrokes matches any of any number of custom shortcuts you can define and expands and replaces that text as you type. Save time, typos, and the satisfaction of being extra lazy! #Auto text expander tutorial free# This is an updated version of the extension created by carlinyuen ( ). The last few updates in Github have not made it into the original extension, this version includes those changes. Keystroke checking is entirely local and nothing is sent to any servers for tracking. Omnibox (url address bar) supported for quick jumping to websites with code ATE Customizable list of shortcuts to expand, which are synced across Chrome browsers you sign into. Support for regular text fields, and multiline expanded text / html can be injected into content-editable divs. Please email me or provide a feature request for more! Limited support for advanced web apps - see below for the list - subject to breaking if they change their sites. Ability to locally backup your shortcuts and restore them from backup (per signed-in browser), and you can import shortcuts in JSON yourself. ![]() Macros for today's date with customizable format using Moment.js (date/time will be based on your browser/computer's clock). Macro for inserting clipboard paste content into a shortcut. Special tag for cursor location after expansion into contenteditable divs. Icon next to the URL bar to let you easily access and edit your shortcuts / expansions. Some sites intercept or block the script, or use frameworks that interfere with the extension, so your shortcuts won't work on those sites, see below for list. The new HTML5 input fields of type "email" and "number" don't allow caret/cursor manipulation, so replacements are done at the end of the text instead. Chrome has storage limits, so expansions over a certain size or quantity will fail: Some sites also use iframes that are on a different security protocol (http vs https, like say an embedded Google Docs form, Google Hangouts), and that will prevent the script from working as well. If you sign out of your browser, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR LOCAL BACKUP. This backup is only done in Chrome's localstorage layer: for security, I cannot initiate a download of the JSON. ![]() Please save a copy of your shortcuts from the Import/Export dialog in the Options page! #Auto text expander tutorial download# Google Chrome is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google permissions. Popchrom is a separate and similar product, and some of Popchrom's open sourced code was used in previous versions of Auto Text Expander. ![]()
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