Description
Tired of manually re-applying text styles in Gmail? Constantly fiddling with fonts, colors, and sizes to make your emails look consistent? Format Brush for Gmail is here to streamline your workflow and save you precious time!
This handy extension lets you quickly copy formatting from any text within your Gmail compose window and "paint" it onto other text with just a click or a keyboard shortcut. Say goodbye to tedious manual formatting and hello to effortlessly professional-looking emails!
Key Features:
- ✨ Effortless Style Copying: Instantly grab all relevant formatting—font family, size, color, background color, bold, italics, and underline—from any selected text in Gmail.
- 🖌️ Quick "Paint" Application: Apply the copied style to any other text selection in a snap.
- ⌨️ Flexible Controls: Work your way! Use intuitive keyboard shortcuts (Alt+C to copy, Alt+V to paste) for speed, or access the same functions via the convenient right-click context menu.
- 🧠 Smart & Robust: Designed to intelligently handle Gmail's rich text editor, ensuring styles are applied cleanly and effectively.
- 🌍 Multilingual Support: Works seamlessly with Gmail in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, and Chinese (Simplified). Context menu items will appear in your browser's language!
- 💪 Lightweight & Focused: Does one job and does it exceptionally well, without adding unnecessary clutter to your browser.
How to Use:
Getting Started is Easy:
1. Copy Formatting:
- Open Gmail and compose a new email or reply.
- Select the text that has the beautiful formatting you want to duplicate.
- Press Alt+C (Windows/Linux) or Option+C (Mac).
- Alternatively, right-click on your selected text and choose "Copy Gmail Formatting" from the menu that appears.
2. Paste Formatting:
- Now, select the text where you want to apply that copied style.
- Press Alt+V (Windows/Linux) or Option+V (Mac).
- Alternatively, right-click on this new selection and choose "Paste Gmail Formatting."
Voilà! Your text will instantly transform with the copied style.
Why Choose Format Brush for Gmail?
Format Brush for Gmail is designed for anyone who values consistency and efficiency in their email communication. It's a simple tool that solves a common frustration, allowing you to focus on your message, not just its appearance.
Default Keyboard Shortcuts:
* Copy Format: Alt+C (Mac: Alt+C)
* Paste Format: Alt+V (Mac: Alt+V)
(Remember, you can customize these shortcuts anytime in your Chrome browser by navigating to chrome://extensions/shortcuts)
Feedback & Support:
Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to reach out via https://github.com/DrTimmi/format-brush-for-gmail/issues
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Permissions
activeTabℹ Can access the current tab when you click the extension commands contextMenusℹ Can add items to the right-click menu scriptingℹ Can inject scripts into web pages storageℹ Can store data locally in your browser
Details
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Updated | May 17, 2025 |
| Size | 22.97KiB |
| First Seen | Mar 28, 2026 |
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