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About Handy
A powerful, open-source and user-friendly browser extension that automatically replaces text as you type across all websites. Perfect for creating shortcuts, abbreviations, and custom text expansions.
✨ Core Functionality
- Real-time text replacement: Automatically replaces keywords with longer text as you type
Smart triggering: Replacements activate when you type a trigger character (space, period, comma, etc.)
- Cross-site compatibility: Works on all websites and web applications
- Multiple input support: Works with text inputs, text areas, and content editable elements
- Password field protection: Automatically ignores password fields for security
🎛️ Management Interface
- Easy setup: Simple popup interface to enable/disable the extension
- Comprehensive options page: Full replacement management with add, edit, and delete functionality
- Character counter: Real-time character count with 10,000 character limit
- Import/Export: Backup and restore your replacements as JSON files
- Visual feedback: Success and error messages for all operations