jabranr / tcw-chrome-extension

Save & collect code snippets that work

tcw-chrome-extension

Save & collect code snippets that work on the web.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Download ZIP. (Green button at the top right)
2. Extract to a safe place which won't be moved later (if you delete or move this folder, the extension won't work anymore).
3. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/
4. Enable Developer Mode
5. Click the button at the top of the extensions page that says "Load unpacked" and load the folder that you downloaded which contains the extension.
6. The extension should be up and running.

HOW TO USE

1. Log in or sign up to thiscodeworks.com
2. Anytime you see a code snippet, click the "Save Code" button underneath to save that individual snippet.
3. You can save the whole webpage by clicking the button in the toolbar.

Change log

• v0.2 - Fixed bug where ()' were not encoded breaking the link to save code snippet.
• v0.3 - Resolved issue where the Save Code button would appear after each line on sites like Codepen which had used Codemirror.
• v0.4 - Error in popup resolved for null value of saveLink (Thanks Saeed!)
• v0.5 - Reversed brackets encoding.
• v0.6 - Saving code snippet now saves page title as well.
• v0.7 - Style changes to pop-up to match the website (Thank you Yayson!)
• v0.8 - Style changes to save snippet button - icon+text in form of label under code blocks
• v0.9 - Extension renamed to "Save Code"
• v0.9.1 - Removed unncessary permissions
• v0.9.2 - Exchanged "tabs" permision for "activeTab"
• v0.9.3 - URL fix for the save-icon. (Thanks again to Yayson!)
• v0.9.4 - Fixed icon height and width (to resolve issue on sites that have CSS styling for img tags)
• v0.9.5 - Set background-color of icon to transparent. For GitHub.
• v0.9.6 - Remove icon border for sites that set border styling to images.
• v0.9.7 - Sidebar for viewing all saved code without visiting website. Logged in users session ID saved by browser.
• v0.9.8 - Error handling for Code Sidebar for pages that aren't refreshed after installation.
• v0.9.9 - Shifted function to save user ID to background.js from pop.js so that login is no longer dependent on popup activation.
• v1.0.0 - Save code snippet within a popup on the same page.
• v1.0.1 - Removed content script on Google as the save button would appear on translation pages.
• v1.0.2 - Popup to save snippet will now close upon save. Removed text-shadow for sites that had text-shadow effect.
• v1.0.3 - Added collapsible code blocks to the sidebar. Warning for Google pages.
• v1.0.3 - Google Translate & tcw editor exceptions added.
• v1.0.4 - Auto-save language of snippet from Stackoverflow and other sites with similar syntax for saving language.
• v1.0.5 - Save webpage in popup.
• v1.0.5 - Error handler for popup save button without page refresh.
• v1.0.6 - Context menu to save selected code as a snippet.
• v1.0.7 - Preserve line breaks in selected text.
• v1.0.8 - Added "open in new tab" button for items in sidebar
• v1.0.9 - Style changes to pop-up (Thank you Sajjad for your help!)
• v1.1.0.0 - Style changes to sidebar to match popup
• v1.1.0.1 - Fix for hidden pre blocks inside search bars. And fix for Stripe docs pages where the button would go mad over the broken pre blocks inside the code.
• v1.1.0.2 - Opens sidebar in new tab where pages are not refreshed or have no URL.
• v1.1.0.3 - No longer initiates the extension on update
• v1.1.0.4 - Resolved bug where multiple buttons showed up on paper.js - related to CodeMirror. Also Added URI encoding exception for apostraphe in page title
• v1.1.0.5 - Resolved formatting issue on dev.to where a background was forced on the button parent div. And made img inside it inline-block.
• v1.1.0.6 - Close popup after clicking a button on it (Thanks Sajjad for the suggestion!).
• v1.1.0.7 - Major mistake in last update that pushed the wrong URL to the save button.
• v1.1.0.8 - Added loading gif to popup (Thank you Ali Raza for the suggestion!).
• v1.1.0.9 - Added "click to copy" button for code in sidebar. Also added encoding for # in URL for popup.
• v1.1.1.0 - Github blocks POST request to save code in iframe. Now form will open in new tab.
• v1.1.1.1 - Searchbar implemented in sidebar! Also, removes copy button for "undefined" code snippets.
• v1.1.1.2 - Sidebar: posts with no code display URL instead.
• v1.1.1.3 - Add edit button to posts in sidebar.
• v1.1.1.4 - Users can now disable the Save button.

CONTRIBUTE

Github

License

This code repository has no license. The purpose of providing public access to the extension is for developers using the extension to share suggestions and fixes to help make it better.

Anybody contributing to this project does so under the agreement that they are entitled to provide a contribution, that they cannot withdraw permission to use their contribution at a later date, and that Mishka Orakzai (the creator of this project) has permission to use their contribution in commercial products pertaining to the Save Code Chrome Extension and Thiscodeworks.com website.