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Save Text To File
Save highlighted text to a file on your computer.
What is Save Text To File?
'Save Text To File' is a Firefox add-on that provides a simple way of saving selected text from a web page to a specified directory on your computer. Users can opt to create a new file or append the selected text to an existing one. The add-on includes features such as adding a timestamp to the saved file and the option to include the current URL in the file.
Stats
By:
Robert Byrne
Rating:
3.96
(54)
Creation date:
2012-03-06
Weekly download count:
16
Firefox on Android:
No
Risk impact:
Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version:
2
Permissions:
- contextMenus
- downloads
- storage
- notifications
- activeTab
- nativeMessaging
Size:
35.43K
URLs:
Website
,Privacy policy
Stats date:
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Summary
Save text from a web page to a file anywhere on your computer.
Select text, right-click and select "Save Text to File".
Text will be saved to a new file or appended to an existing file, depending on selected options.
Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0GtPLSOAzo
Features:
- Specify any directory to save files on your computer
- Add date of timestamp to saved file name
- Various date formats to choose from
- Save current URL in file
- Optional directory selection dialog on save
User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated.
Pros
- Useful functionality
- Option to modify filename settings
- Works perfectly with adjustments
Cons
- Problems with adding text to a single file
- Issues with Host Application installation
- Inability to change directory to save files
- Errors on MacOS 10.14 Mojave
- Does not work on many websites
Most mentioned
- Difficulties with text appending
- Error notifications
- Problems with certain features
- Requests for function improvements
- Issues after Firefox updates
Recent reviews
Cool! But I needed function to save words to the single text file.
by
Kirill_Z, 2023-09-12
Safety
Risk impact
Save Text To File is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Save Text To File has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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