Use your text editor to write in your browser. Everything you type in the editor will be instantly updated in the browser (and vice versa).
Notice: GhostText generally works but it has some bugs across the various implementations. If you use it regularly please consider contributing/bugfixing your editor's GhostText plugin.
- Install your editor extension:
- Sublime Text extension - Repo
- Atom package
- VS Code extension - Repo (Third party)
- Vim script (Third party)
- Neovim plugin (Third party)
- Emacs package - Repo (Third party)
- Acme client (Third party)
- Install your browser extension:
- Chrome extension
- Firefox add-on
- Opera - Use this to install the Chrome extension.
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- Open your editor
- Click the GhostText button in the browser’s toolbar
- Click inside the desired field (if there’s more than one)
Notice: in some editors you’ll need to run the Enable GhostText command after step 1. Refer to your editor’s GhostText extension readme. Sublime Text does this automatically.
In Chrome, you can use a keyboard shortcut instead of clicking the button. You can also change or disable the shortcut.
Firefox doesn’t support them yet.
| OS | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Chrome on Windows | ctrl + shift + K |
| Chrome on Linux | ctrl + shift + H |
| Chrome on Mac | cmd + shift + K |
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