There are various types of browser extensions that help to accomplish certain tasks very easily.&nbsp;
We have already seen one such interesting <a href="https://devapt.com/copy-text-easily-chrome-extension" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chrome extension to copy text</a> easily as never before just with a click.&nbsp;
Here is one more such unique chrome extension that helps to <a href="https://devapt.com/text-image-extension">convert text to image</a> just instantly.
Let's see how this text to image extension works and how we can make the best use of it while browsing the web.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Generate image from text selection</h2>
Before going to use this extension you need to first install it from the chrome store. You can get this from the below link.&nbsp;
➜ <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-to-image/nkljaohokglebeljcgchmehnhdieakda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Text to image chrome extension</a>
Once you installed this extension you can find it in the extensions bar and if you can't find it, check it in the dropdown menu of extensions and pin to find it in the main extensions bar.&nbsp;
In order to use it just visit any website where you can be able to select text or just use this website.
Select any text you want and then right-click to see the Text to image option in the right-click menu or specifically the context menu and from there click copy or download.&nbsp;
That's it you'll have the image of the text that you selected, voila!
<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudtale/image/upload/v1650609298/devapt/Text-to-image-chrome-extension.gif" alt="Text-to-image-chrome-extension" width="700" height="350" />
<h3>How to customize the generated image?</h3>
You can customize the look of the image that is generated from the selected text with the help of the options available.&nbsp;
When you click the extension icon you can see three customization options viz., mode, padding, and color palettes.
<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudtale/image/upload/v1650609306/devapt/Text-to-image-menu.webp" alt="Text-to-image-extension-options" width="453" height="300" />
<h4>1. Mode&nbsp;</h4>
With the help of the mode option, you can select the light or dark mode for the card that holds the text.&nbsp;
By default, it is in light mode.&nbsp;
<h4>2. Padding</h4>
The padding refers to the spacing around the text card which helps us to see the background. You have various values to pick from 0px to 128px.
When you select the 0px(pixels) it will hide the background and all the space will be occupied by the text card.
When you do not want any fancy background, instead just plain text with a white/dark background, you can make the padding 0px.&nbsp;
<h4>3. Color palette</h4>
From the color palette, you can pick your favorite color backgrounds to show behind the text card.&nbsp;
These color backgrounds are mostly the gradient colors which make these text images appear nice and attention grabbing.&nbsp;
Note that when you select 0px padding, these background colors will be hidden as there won't be any space.&nbsp;
<h4>4. Download&nbsp;</h4>
To quickly download the image just after selecting the text you can use this option for downloading the generated image to your device.&nbsp;
There are shortcuts for copying and downloading the image.
Shortcut to copy: <kbd>Ctrl+Shift+Z</kbd>
Shortcut to download: <kbd>Ctrl+Shift+&darr;</kbd>(down arrow)
Sometimes these shortcuts may conflict with the shortcuts in the browser or some websites. So keep this in mind while trying them out.
Right-click context menu options are always there whenever you face such issues.&nbsp;
<h3>Where to use text to image extension?</h3>
If you know why this extension was created, and the main problem it wants to address then it would give an idea of where to use this extension effectively.&nbsp;
There was a situation where I wanted to reply to tweets on Twitter with more than 280 characters, it was difficult or a bit cumbersome to tweet multiple times.&nbsp;
At that time I thought if there was something that could help me instantly to send messages that are of more than 280 characters without leaving the browser.
Then an idea struck me to convert the text to an image instantly which then can be shared as a reply to tweets.&nbsp;
And as a result, this text to image extension is born.
So this extension can be used to share long texts as replies/tweets on Twitter. You can also save text info from websites as images for your future reference.&nbsp;
Sometimes when you want to show text in a fancy and attractive manner you can use it there as well.&nbsp;
If you want to create more rich text effects including images, code snippets, etc you can try out this full-fledged solution from <a href="https://tweetlet.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweetlet</a> website that helps you create amazing and visually appealing images.&nbsp;
If you want a demo of this extension you can watch this video.&nbsp;
<div class="flex justify-center"><iframe class=" rounded-xl overflow-hidden" title="Text to image chrome extension intro" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ybaH7ts4xtQ?rel=0" width="680" height="350" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div>
That's it about this interesting tool that helps you to convert any selected text instantly to an image without leaving your browser.
Please feel free to share any suggestions/feedback/improvements in this tool.&nbsp;

Here is a way to convert text to image just by selecting the text. You can copy or download the image easily. There are beautiful backgrounds to select.

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Chrome extension to convert text to image instantly

We often copy text or code snippets or any other kind of resource quite commonly while browsing the web. Copying sometimes got to be tedious work in certain situations.
Using keyboard shortcuts quite often for various tasks is found to be a great time-saver in the long run. But certain people who are not much used to a keyboard, like using the mouse for all their small to big activities in the browser.
Copying and pasting text with the shortcuts <code>Ctrl + C</code> and <code>Ctrl + V </code>&nbsp;are the world's highly used shortcuts and these shortcuts are known almost to all the people who use a computer.
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Do you remember yourself copying text with <code>Ctrl + C C C C C C C</code>, typing C multiple times to make sure the text gets copied?
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Sometimes we tend to put a bit more time even with copy shortcuts. When you want to copy text just so frequently, let's say you want to shift a formatted text from one place to the other and that can be copied only as paragraphs and not as a whole, in such situations, copying and pasting text with even shortcuts is going to be a very tedious job. Not just this case but in any case that involves frequent copying and pasting text gets tedious even with shortcuts.
So keeping in mind various contexts involved in copying text, a small and compact chrome extension is made to <a href="https://devapt.com/copy-text-easily" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Copy Text Easily</a>.
Using Copy Text Easily(CTE)&nbsp;extension effectively has the potential to save a lot of time in the long run for those who involve in copying text just so frequently. e.g., Students copying reference details to their journals, etc.
Let's see all the features that this Copy Text Easily extension provides.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Copy Text Easily extension</h2>
Before getting started to use this Copy Text Extension, you need to first install it from the chrome store. You can install the extension from this link <a title="Copy Text Easily Extension link" href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/copy-text-easily/fagmaopcbeobbfhkeodicjekiniefdlo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Copy Text Easily Extension</a>.
<h4>CTE chrome extension has got three modes for copying text</h4>
<ol>
<li>Paragraph(default)</li>
<li>Sentence</li>
<li>Custom</li>
</ol>
<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudtale/image/upload/v1641718402/devapt/Copy-Text-Easily-chrome-extension.jpg" alt="Copy-Text-Easily-options" width="222" height="266" />
<h3>1. Paragraph mode:</h3>
In paragraph mode, you can copy the blocks of text by hovering on any block of text you want. A small preview of the text that you are going to copy will be displayed for convenience. Just clicking on the block of text will get the text copied.&nbsp;
This mode is very useful for copying blocks of code or code snippets on StackOverflow, GitHub, etc.
<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudtale/image/upload/v1641720032/devapt/stackoverflow-copy-text-easily.gif" alt="Copy-Text-Easily-Paragraph-mode" width="670" height="359" />
<h3>2. Sentence mode:</h3>
This is a very unique way to copy sentences from a paragraph. By hovering the mouse on and off the paragraph, you can see different sentences getting selected to copy the text. Whichever sentence you want can be seen in the preview box and just clicking once will get that particular sentence copied to your clipboard.&nbsp;
This mode is very useful while working with sentences related to writing works.&nbsp;
<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudtale/image/upload/v1641719595/devapt/sentence-short.gif" alt="Copy-Text-Easily-Extension-sentence-mode" width="670" height="325" />
<h3>3. Custom mode:</h3>
This is the customized mode to copy any text you want just by selecting. Yes, just selecting a text will copy the text to the clipboard. This is useful in situations when you can want to copy a very specific text when it is not possible with the above previous modes.&nbsp;
<img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cloudtale/image/upload/v1641720291/devapt/custom-short.gif" alt="Copy-Text-Easily-Custom-mode" width="670" height="325" />
By default, the extension will be active on the active browser tab, and the mouse hovering will result in the preview of text hovered. So to avoid that there's an option to activate this extension on demand by pressing any of <code>Ctrl</code>, <code>Alt</code>, <code>Shift</code> keys. You can select the key at your convenience from the extension keypress options.&nbsp;
There's even an option to enable or disable the whole extension and the keypress mode.&nbsp;
Coming to privacy, this extension fully runs on your browser locally and doesn't communicate with the outside world. It is packed in under 15KB of pure JavaScript code without any libraries or frameworks.&nbsp;
If you face any problems with this extension you can try the below methods:
<ol>
<li>Reload the page whichever is having a problem</li>
<li>Check if the extension is enabled</li>
<li>Check if you have enabled the extension to work only on keypress</li>
<li>Sometimes 'Shift' and 'Alt' keys might have problems, so try to select the 'Ctrl' key if you have problems</li>
</ol>
And that is all about this simple chrome extension to copy the text in a hassle-free manner.

A simple chrome extension that can help you to copy text easily in various modes with just one click. It has three different modes to copy text.

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