Saving text snippets made easy. Call a tab on hotkeys and copy/paste text with just moving cursor.

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Version
1.71
Update
January 4, 2019
Size
10.7KiB
Developer
Category
Users
164
Rating
4 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Backnote Extension

Backnote is fast and easy way to improve your productivity. Make a notes on a fly by doing copy and paste without any keys, just by highlighting text. Build a sheet from each session and save it as text file in one click.

🍏 Minimalistic
Activate in one click, make a note and save it in one click, too.

🛴 Easy-to-use
Quick mouse movements instead of window switching with hotkeys and clicks.

🏁 Fast
Light and simple substitution for a notepad in your browser.


How to use:

💡 Make sure extension active and icon light green in top right corner

📄 Open backnote window on CTRL+SHIFT+V hotkeys*

📝 Highlight a text with a mouse and release button to copy it to a backnote window**

💾 Click 'Save' when you done to download note with optional name, or 'backnote.txt' by default


* You can change a hotkeys in Extensions -> Keyboard Shortcuts menu

** Once you highlighted text and released left mouse button - text is saved. Just open a Backnote to see it

*** This extension is free and doesn't contain any ads

v1.71 - fixed minor icon bug

👨‍🎨 Dmitry Polevoy
📨 [email protected]
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 2, "name": "Backnote", "description": "Saving text snippets made easy. Call a tab on hotkeys and copy/paste text with just moving cursor.", "version": "1.71", "homepage_url": "https://polevoyd.com", "options_page": "options.html", "icons": { "128": "images/icon_on.png" }, "browser_action": { "default_icon": { "48": "images/icon_on.png" }, "default_title": "Backnote" }, "background": { "scripts": ["background.js", "edit-note.js"] }, "commands": { "backnote": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+V" }, "description": "Sending request to open a backnote tab" } }, "content_scripts": [{ "matches": ["*://*/*"], "js": ["content-script.js"] }], "permissions": [ "tabs", "", "downloads" ]}
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User reviews

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ger jap (ID: 000000f31fd447a7) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 09/23/2021 NOT WORKING.

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De Zhou (ID: 000000d5e865e3d6) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 06/01/2021 Hi Dmitry you should move this content from the Folded part in description step 1 Open backnote window on CTRL+SHIFT+V hotkeys* step 2 Highlight a text with a mouse and release button to copy it to a backnote window I believe most people like me, do not know how to use this plugin, since above part was hidden in the description.

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Heather P (ID: 0000001540d24937) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/11/2018 As a vegan that is always looking to try new ways to makes veggies taste good, I will use this DAILY to help collect new recipes to try for dinner! Thank you for creating this fantastic and easy to use tool!

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Gennevi Lu (ID: 000000f669380b9e) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 08/11/2018 Why hasn't anyone made this before!? This extension makes copying and pasting so much easier! You can copy and paste without navigating between a word doc and the browser. Great time-saving extension!