A beautiful Chrome extension for generating Lorem Ipsum placeholder text with a modern shadcn/ui inspired design.
- Modern Design: Clean, professional interface inspired by shadcn/ui design system
- Dark Mode Support: Automatically adapts to your system's color scheme
- Flexible Generation Options:
- Set number of paragraphs (1-20)
- Control sentences per paragraph (1-15)
- Optional word limit (50-1000 words or unlimited)
- Real-time Word Count: Live word counting for generated text
- Enhanced UX: Smooth animations and visual feedback
- Smart Copy Feature: Visual confirmation when text is copied
- Keyboard Shortcuts:
Cmd/Ctrl + Enter: Generate textCmd/Ctrl + C: Copy text (when no text is selected)
- Input Validation: Smart limits and real-time validation
- Responsive Layout: Compact, organized layout optimized for browser extensions
This modernized version includes:
- Modern color palette with CSS custom properties
- Professional typography using system fonts (-apple-system, Segoe UI)
- Consistent spacing and layout grid
- Subtle borders and clean aesthetics
- Smooth transitions and micro-interactions
- Left-aligned title for better visual hierarchy
- Horizontal input layout for space efficiency
- Clean input fields without browser styling quirks
- Visual feedback for actions (generate animation, copy confirmation)
- Better error handling and user-friendly validation messages
- Accessibility improvements with proper labels and focus states
- Optional max words field with helpful placeholder text
- Clean, semantic HTML structure
- Modern CSS with custom properties and cross-browser compatibility
- Enhanced JavaScript with improved error handling
- Smart text generation with word limit respect
- Keyboard shortcuts for power users
- Optimized performance and memory usage
- Download or clone this repository
- Open Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions/ - Enable "Developer mode" in the top right
- Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension folder
- The extension will appear in your Chrome toolbar
- Click the extension icon in your Chrome toolbar
- Configure your text generation preferences:
- Paragraphs: Number of paragraphs to generate (1-20)
- Sentences: Sentences per paragraph (1-15)
- Max Words: Optional word limit (leave empty for no limit, or set 50-1000)
- Click "Generate" or press
Cmd/Ctrl + Enter - Click "Copy" or press
Cmd/Ctrl + Cto copy the text to your clipboard - The word count updates in real-time to show actual generated words
- Leave "Max Words" empty
- Generates complete paragraphs based on your paragraph and sentence settings
- Perfect for structured content and traditional Lorem Ipsum usage
- Set a number in "Max Words" field (50-1000)
- Generates text up to your specified word limit
- Ideal for social media posts, headlines, or content with strict length requirements
- Smart truncation ensures clean text endings
The extension consists of:
manifest.json- Extension configuration and metadatapopup.html- Main interface structure with semantic HTMLstyles.css- Modern CSS with shadcn/ui inspired design systempopup.js- Enhanced functionality with smart text generationimages/- Extension icons (16px, 48px, 128px)
- Complete UI/UX redesign with modern shadcn/ui aesthetics
- Added flexible word limit feature with smart truncation
- Dark mode support with automatic system preference detection
- Enhanced animations and visual feedback
- Improved accessibility and keyboard navigation
- Better performance and error handling
- Compact layout optimized for browser extensions
- Cross-browser input field compatibility
- Real-time input validation and user guidance
- Smart Text Generation: Respects word limits while maintaining text quality
- Cross-browser Compatibility: Consistent appearance across different browsers
- Memory Efficient: Optimized for browser extension environment
- Error Resilient: Graceful handling of edge cases and user input errors
- Extensible Design: Clean code structure for easy modifications
MIT License - feel free to use and modify as needed.