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About

Provides keyboard shortcuts for common text formatting commands, reducing the dependency on mouse usage. Current version does not have a configurable set of hotkeys but later versions will.

How to use.

All of the following commands are run if the user has focus in the chat input area.

  • ALT + A inserts a link.
  • ALT + T inserts a .
  • ALT + B formats text to bold.
  • ALT + I formats text to italics.
  • ALT + S formats text to strike-through.
  • ALT + C formats text to code.

License

Chat Easy Input Tools is released under the WTFPL.

Download

You can install Chat Easy Input Tools here:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/so-chat-easy-input-tools/pnbhechmjmooppggjdlpemnagilclbcn/related

Contact

I can be reached at [email protected].

Code

Chat Easy Input Tools is written in Javascript.

The code can be retrieved from here:
https://github.com/rlemon/Chat-Easy-Input-Tools

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    Pro Tip: if you goto chrome://extensions and drag and drop the userscript to the page it will install it.
    – rlemon
    Commented Aug 11, 2012 at 3:16
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    Make sure you download the file first. facepalm
    – Kyle Trauberman
    Commented Oct 24, 2012 at 17:45
  • hehe yea that is important.
    – rlemon
    Commented Oct 24, 2012 at 20:40
  • I want this for SO comments...
    – Denys Séguret
    Commented May 29, 2013 at 17:10
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    Why not use the same shortcuts the full editor on SO uses?
    – ThiefMaster
    Commented Oct 17, 2013 at 14:16
  • @ThiefMaster because I didn't think about that when I wrote it, and now I'm used to these keybindings. I will make it editable in the future ... maybe.
    – rlemon
    Commented Oct 17, 2013 at 15:13

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