WordLab Pro

How It Works

WordLab Pro is a powerful text editor packed with a variety of built-in tools that simplify text manipulation, formatting, and analysis. From handling basic text formatting to performing complex calculations and cleaning tasks, this editor is designed to streamline your workflow.

The content inside the editor is automatically saved, ensuring that your work is preserved even if you accidentally close the page or refresh. The editor continuously updates the word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts as you type, providing real-time feedback on the length and structure of your text. In addition, a range of custom tools are available to help you manipulate lists, secure your content, and clean up formatting with ease.

Here's a breakdown of how it works and what each button does:

Text Statistics

Keep track of your word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time, all updated in real-time. The word count guide helps you manage your writing length for various platforms. As you type, the progress bar fills up, showing your progress towards ideal or maximum lengths for different types of content:
• Instagram: The recommended length is under 150 characters, but you can write up to 2,200 characters.
• Facebook: Posts should ideally be under 250 characters, but you can write much more if needed.
• Twitter: The maximum allowed post length is 280 characters.
• LinkedIn: Posts are best kept under 300 characters, though you can write up to 3,000 characters.
• Article: A good starting point for articles is a minimum of 500 words.

Text Case Transformation

The text case transformation options allows you to change the case of the text inside the editor:
• Title Case: This option capitalises the first letter of every word, except for certain small words like "it", "is", "and", and some brand names like "iPhone" and "eBay," which are preserved in their original form.
• Start Case: This option capitalises the first letter of every word, regardless of word type, including small words and contractions.
• Sentence Case: This converts the text so that the first letter of each sentence is capitalised, leaving the rest in lowercase.
• Lowercase: Converts all text to lowercase letters.
• Uppercase: Converts all text to uppercase letters.

Code Tools

The code tools menu is used to format or clean code:
• Format HTML, CSS, or JavaScript: These options properly indent and format HTML, CSS, or JavaScript code in the editor. This makes it easier to read and work with.
• Minify CSS/JavaScript: Minification removes unnecessary characters like spaces and comments to make the code more compact and efficient, which is often required for web deployment. It detects whether the code is CSS or JavaScript and minifies it accordingly.
• Markup Text: This button helps apply basic HTML markup to text by automatically wrapping paragraphs and headings in appropriate HTML tags. Additionally, it converts markdown syntax into their corresponding HTML tags.
• Insert Unique ID: This feature generates a globally unique identifier (GUID) and inserts it into the text at your cursor position.
• Insert Timestamp: This feature adds the current UNIX timestamp, which is the number of seconds since 1 January 1970, into the text at your cursor position.
• Hash Text: This cryptographic tool generates a unique 40-character string called a 'hash' from the text in the editor.

List Tasks

The 'List Tasks' feature allows you to perform various actions on lists of text or numbers within the text editor. With this functionality, users can sort lines of text or numbers and even perform calculations directly within the editor. This makes it easier to organise, manage, and manipulate lists without leaving the editor environment.
• Sort Alphabetically: This option will sort each line of text alphabetically, making it easier to arrange and organise lists. Whether you're working with names, items, or other text-based lists, clicking 'Sort Alphabetically' will quickly put everything in order.
• Sort Numerically: For lists that contain numbers, the 'Sort Numerically' option will arrange the lines from the smallest to the largest value. This is useful when dealing with numerical data, such as rankings, quantities, or any list that includes numeric values.
• Randomise List: The tool shuffles the order of the lines in your text editor. The lines in your document are instantly mixed up, giving you a fresh, randomised list without duplicating or removing any entries.
• Reverse List: By clicking this option, you can instantly reverse the order of any list or sequence of text within the editor, giving you flexibility in how you arrange and present your information.
• Remove Duplicates: Clicking this option will scan through the document and retain only the first occurrence of each unique line, effectively cleaning up any duplicates and streamlining your list.
• Add to List: This tool allows you to input text that to append or prepend custom text to each line in your list.
• Find Maximum: The find maximum tool scans through your list of numerical values and identifies the highest number.
• Find Minimum: The find minimum tool identifies the lowest value in your list of numbers.
• Calculate Total: When working with lists of numbers, the 'Add Values' option will calculate the sum of all the valid numerical values in the list. It then replaces the list with the total. If no valid numbers are found, an alert will inform the user that the task couldn't be completed.
• Calculate Average: This tool computes the average (mean) of all the numerical values in your list.

Cleanup Tool

This button removes unnecessary formatting from the text, including HTML tags and markdown-style symbols like those outputted by ChatGPT. It also replaces curly quotes with straight quotes and converts ellipses into standard triple dots. It's particularly useful for cleaning up copied content from different sources or simplifying text.

Insert Special Character

The insert special character tool allows you to easily find and insert special characters into your text. With categorised lists, you can browse different types of characters or quickly search by name or symbol to find exactly what you need.

Insert Emoji

The insert emoji tool allows you to easily find and insert emoji into your text. With categorised lists, you can browse different types of emojis or quickly search by name to find exactly what you need.

Encryption

The encryption tool allows you to protect your content by converting the text in your editor into a secure, encrypted format using a password of your choice.
• Encrypt: Once a password is provided and you click 'encrypt', your text will be transformed into a coded string that can only be decrypted using the same password.
• Decryption: To restore the original text, simply enter the password used for encryption and click 'decrypt'. If the password is correct, the original text will reappear in the editor.

Export

The export option save all of the text from the editor into a plain text file with the extension .txt. This export is automatically saved to your device read to be edited locally or imported into another application.

Find and Replace

The Find and Replace feature allows you to quickly search for specific text within the editor and replace it with new content. A pop-up is displayed where you can input the text you want to find and the text you want to replace it with.

Copy to Clipboard

The copy function allows you to copy the text from the editor directly to your clipboard with a single click. This feature makes it easy to quickly copy text from the editor for use elsewhere without manually selecting and copying the text, improving efficiency.

Select Page

The page select dropdown allows you to switch between different "pages", making it easy to manage multiple versions or work on multiple tasks within the same editor. Each page operates as its own independent workspace, so you can store and retrieve content in different pages without affecting the others.

Proof Reading

The proof reading tool provides a convenient way to have your document read aloud. This feature uses text-to-speech technology to help you catch mistakes or hear how your writing flows, making it particularly useful for editing and reviewing your work. Listening to your document allows you to spot issues like awkward phrasing, missing words, or punctuation errors that might be missed when reading visually. You can listen to the entire document or pause at any time.

Focus Mode

When activated, the editor goes full screen, leaving you with nothing but your text and the word count. This minimalist environment allows you to concentrate and fully focus on writing, by eliminating the distraction of extra tools or menus.

Writing Help Prompts

Get real-time feedback on your writing. Whether you're drafting a title or a meta description, this feature will provide guidance on ideal character length and offer suggestions for improvement.

Why No Formatting Options?

WordLab Pro is designed as a plain text editor, meaning it doesn't include any formatting like bold, italics, or underlining. Plain text is versatile and can be used across different platforms without worrying about compatibility issues caused by rich text formatting. This is ideal for those who need to work with raw text, whether for coding, writing, or preparing documents that require minimal styling and maximum portability.

Privacy

All text you enter in the editor is saved locally to your browser's cache on your device, ensuring that your work remains private and secure. The content is never sent to our servers, or saved in any way that anyone but you can access it, so you can work confidently, knowing that your work stays with you and is not shared or stored externally.