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You can use your browser as an offline (temporary) text editor, which I find useful with screen sharing. Enter this into your browser’s address bar: data:

You can use your browser as an offline (temporary) text editor, which I find useful with screen sharing. Enter this into your browser’s address bar: data:text/html, <html contenteditable> https://twitter.com/philshem/status/1420282427969318916?s=20 https://twitter.com/philshem/status/1420282427969318916?s=20 and with focus data:text/html, <html style=" max-width: 64ch;margin: auto;font-size: calc(1rem + 1vw);line-height: 1.4;font-family: monospace;padding: calc(1rem + 4vw);"><body contenteditable><script>document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {document.body.focus()})</script> https://twitter.com/getflourish/status/1420308275422285830?s=20 https://twitter.com/getflourish/status/1420308275422285830?s...

spijdar 5y ago
That's odd. I assumed it would act like, well, an input box akin to the one I'm typing this comment in, but it's not. At the very least, Ctrl + Backspace doesn't work (on Firefox on Linux) to delete entire words, which works everywhere else.
dugmartin 5y ago
I have this as a bookmarklet and I use it frequently when pairing for ephemeral notes: data:text/html, <html contenteditable><head><title>ScratchPad</title><style>body{font-family:monospace}</style></head> I like having the title so I can see it in the tab and the font setting makes cutting/pasting code look better.
mattowen_uk 5y ago
I'm going to get torched for this, but surely Notepad.exe or your-distros-default-text-editor would be easier ?
- philshem 5y ago
  When screen sharing on a video call, I prefer to only share a private browsing window, rather than the entire desktop.
  - gompertz 5y ago
    But to that same point, you can share only your Notepad screen as well...
    - spiderice 5y ago
      I mean obviously you could share any number of windows.. but there is still something convenient about sharing a single private browser window.
      - robbedpeter 5y ago
        You can toggle tabs all within the browser, your screen sharing app of choice will be an additional layer of ui to deal with. Not hard, might add just a fraction of a second, but this is nice.

spijdar 5y ago

That's odd. I assumed it would act like, well, an input box akin to the one I'm typing this comment in, but it's not. At the very least, Ctrl + Backspace doesn't work (on Firefox on Linux) to delete entire words, which works everywhere else.

dugmartin 5y ago

I have this as a bookmarklet and I use it frequently when pairing for ephemeral notes: data:text/html, <html contenteditable><head><title>ScratchPad</title><style>body{font-family:monospace}</style></head> I like having the title so I can see it in the tab and the font setting makes cutting/pasting code look better.

mattowen_uk 5y ago

I'm going to get torched for this, but surely Notepad.exe or your-distros-default-text-editor would be easier ?

philshem 5y ago
When screen sharing on a video call, I prefer to only share a private browsing window, rather than the entire desktop.
- gompertz 5y ago
  But to that same point, you can share only your Notepad screen as well...
  - spiderice 5y ago
    I mean obviously you could share any number of windows.. but there is still something convenient about sharing a single private browser window.
    - robbedpeter 5y ago
      You can toggle tabs all within the browser, your screen sharing app of choice will be an additional layer of ui to deal with. Not hard, might add just a fraction of a second, but this is nice.