Brackets Extensions installation

[Heyrold_K_]

I want to install this brackets extension:

http://www.ionicbrackets.com/

It is not in the Intel XDK V1995 Brackets extension list. Also there is the "install from url" missing that is there in the standalone brackets editor.

I tried installing the extension via .zip download and extraction into ..AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\xdk\brackets\b\extensions\default

but no success. Any ideas how I can install third party extensions for the XDK Brackets editor?

[Ad · Accepted solution]

It looks like you have to to extract it into: ..AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\xdk\brackets\b\extensions\dev

After restarting XDK the extension is installed and working in XDK V1995

BTW: Thanks for the extension, we just moved to the ionic framework!

[Ed_D_]

 Hi all,

I am new to the community here and this is my first post. I have been using XDK for prototyping / development for about a year here and really love it. Until recently I was not aware that the bracket editor was being used and just treated it as a generic included editor and have used my external editors for any special needs I have come across. When I did discover that brackets was used I started looking into its features to replicate some of my sublime customizations and others. I found most of what I need are available as bracket extensions but many of those are not listed within the XDK extension manager.

So my question is: Is using these other bracket extensions supported by XDK and why are there only certain ones listed with in the XDK? I suspect the listed extensions within XDK are known working and that others may work but it is use at your own risk. Just trying to verify that assumption. Anyway, I came across one I really like for general html design and am very tempted to try dropping it into the ..AppData\Local\Intel\XDK Early Access\xdk\brackets\b\extensions\dev folder but do not want to break the system in use here in the process and decided asking here might be a good idea. Being that I am using the Early Access version anyway it is safe to assume everything going on is at my own risk anyway but just thought I would ask to better understand how the extensions listed come about? 

Thanks,

[Anusha_M_Intel1]

@Heyrold, 

I will look into the Install from URL option. In the meantime, I tried Ad's suggestion and it worked (Thanks Ad!). I will place a request to add the Ionic Brackets extension in XDK.

@eddixonnm@gmail.com, 

It is not that the other extensions might work or that it is a use at your own risk policy. We only list the more popular ones in Intel XDK. If we hear of users requesting an extension in particular, we try to include it. We have done that in the past. It should be alright for you to add plugins in EA. It is kind of a beta version we recommended for our more experience user base to try and hopefully provide us feedback in the process :) 

Edit: I should also add that the ones already available are thoroughly tested with the environment, so there are chances your new extension might break. So in a way, a use at your own risk policy I suppose. 

[Ed_D_]

@Anusha Muthiah,

Thank you for so quickly providing an answer to my question here! Explained perfectly, I am trying this now and love this feature. The more I learn about the XDK the more I like it! Should I run into any oddities I will post back to this thread what I find and any work arounds for those issues I may find. The extension in this case is a dense one making modifications to the dom and brackets called html-designer available here https://github.com/swmitra/html-designer. I feel if any extension would cause a problem it would probably be this one. The wysiwyg features as well as the ability of creating customized responsive designs within the editor itself is why I would like to try this for more general HTML designs. 

Thanks,

[Ad]

eddixonnm@gmail.com wrote:

@Anusha Muthiah,

 The extension in this case is a dense one making modifications to the dom and brackets called html-designer available here https://github.com/swmitra/html-designer. I feel if any extension would cause a problem it would probably be this one. The wysiwyg features as well as the ability of creating customized responsive designs within the editor itself is why I would like to try this for more general HTML designs. 

Thanks,

Wow, even this extension works! I haven't tested 100% but it's nice to see that even complex extensions likes these can be implemented in Brackets.
I not sure it I would use this extension because it's pure HTML with styles included into the HTML page, is not very maintenance friendly and the included frameworks like App Framwork and Iconics have build-in WYSIWYG too....

[Anusha_M_Intel1]

Thank You both for testing the extension. Glad it worked!

[Albertina_D_Intel]

Hi!

The right place to download and unzip brackets extensions that are not available in the current XDK extension list is the following:

Windows: %localappdata%/XDK/editor/extensions/user/

MAC: $HOME/Library/Application Support/XDK/editor/extensions/user/

Linux: $HOME/.config/XDK/editor/extensions/user/

If the XDK version used is EA, then replace XDK by XDK-EA.

Thanks!