Monobar: A Chrome extension for text boxen.

Enhance <textarea> elements with a status bar that displays current line, current column (position in the current line) and total character count. Add monospaced font toggle for anything editable (Gmail compose windows, Github issues/comments, etc.).

Inspired by Linus Torvald's Github rant.

Screenshots

Bar:

Menu:

Install

From source

1. Clone the repo: $ git clone git://github.com/ellotheth/chromext-monobar.git
2. Visit the extension management page in Chrome: Menu --> Tools --> Extensions
3. Turn on Developer Mode
4. Click Load unpacked extension... and browse to the repo clone.

From a package

1. Download the latest version.
2. Visit the extension management page in Chrome: Menu --> Tools --> Extensions
3. Drag-and-drop the file onto the Extensions page. (No, seriously, that's how it works.)

Changes

0.3

• Add a context menu toggle for monospaced fonts in text boxes. From any editable area, right-click and select Toggle monospace font.
• Make bar design prettier. A little.

0.2

• Fix the bar positioning on pages with > 1 boxen.

0.1

• Initial release

Known issues

• Special-snowflake text boxes (e.g. Google, Facebook, Ideone) don't work.