Use your text editor to write in your browser. Everything you type in the editor will be instantly updated in the browser (and vice versa).

0. Install the editor extension: for Sublime Text or for Atom
1. Install the browser extension: for Chrome or for Firefox

• <textarea> elements
• contentEditable areas: like in Gmail
• CodeMirror editors: used on CodePen, JSFiddle, JS Bin, …
• Ace editor: used on Tumblr, …

In Chrome, click the GhostText button in the upper-right corner to open up Sublime Text. Alternatively you can you these keyboard shortcuts to activate GhostText:

If there is more than one supported field in the current page and you haven't focused any of them already, you will be prompted to click on a field to open the connection.

The connection will be closed when:

• The webpage changes or is reloaded
• The tab or window is closed (either in the browser or in the editor)
• The used field is removed from the document

• GhostText for SublimeText
• GhostText for Atom (prototype)
• GhostText for Vim (fan-built prototype)

• Video of how it works
• Article about the initial proof of concept