McBopomofo

McBopomofo for ChromeOS

What is McBopomofo?

McBopomofo is a Chrome extension developed by zonble, and its main feature is "McBopomofo for ChromeOS".

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Download McBopomofo Extension CRX File

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Extension Usage Instructions

                        Please note: Google officially announced in August 2023 that they will be planning to remove the API for third-party input methods. When this happens, this input method will be unusable. Please refer to the following link: https://chromeos.dev/en/posts/chrome-input-ime-deprecation .

* Please note: The extension only works for ChromeOS but not for Chrome for Window/macOS/Linux.

McBopomofo (小麥注音) is a smart phonetic (zhuyin/注音) Chinese Input Method Editor that offers another choice for inputting Chinese.

It has following features

- Comparing to the built-in Zhuyin IME, McBopomofo's behavior to handle punctuation is much more like other platforms that users are familiar to. For example, the built-in Zhuyin IME does not allow users to input punctuation like exclamation mark when there is already text in the composing buffer ,while McBopomofo does.
- Various keyboard layouts: Standard, ETen, Hsu, ETen26, Hanyu Pinyin and IBM.
- Various settings: including the position of the candidates, if Shift+Letter keys should input uppercase or lowercase letters and so on.Just visit the options page.
- Chinese conversion: You can use Alt+Shift+G to toggle if you want to input Simplified Chinese. You can also change the shortcut key in the extensions shortcut setting (chrome://extensions/shortcuts).
- Custom user phrases: Use Shift and left/right arrow keys to select a range and then press enter key to add a new phrase.You can also edit/delete/copy/paste the phrases in the options  page.
- Emoji: Some Bopomofo syllables are associates with Emojis. For example, you can get 🔥 when typing ㄏㄨㄛˇ.                    

Extension Basic Information

Name McBopomofo McBopomofo
ID pkjjfjnlglfhgfaipoempeaghmpfakkg
Official URL https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mcbopomofo/pkjjfjnlglfhgfaipoempeaghmpfakkg
Description McBopomofo for ChromeOS
File Size 1.53 MB
Installation Count 411
Current Version 1.3.0
Last Updated 2023-12-08
Publish Date 2022-06-10
Rating 5.00/5 Total 7 Ratings
Developer zonble
Email [email protected]
Payment Type free
Extension Website https://github.com/openvanilla/McBopomofoWeb/
Help Page URL https://github.com/openvanilla/McBopomofoWeb/
Supported Languages en,zh-TW
manifest.json
{
    "update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
    "name": "__MSG_manifestName__",
    "version": "1.3.0",
    "manifest_version": 3,
    "description": "__MSG_manifestDesc__",
    "default_locale": "en",
    "background": {
        "service_worker": "bundle.js",
        "type": "module"
    },
    "icons": {
        "16": "icons\/icon16.png",
        "48": "icons\/icon48.png",
        "64": "icons\/icon64.png",
        "128": "icons\/icon128.png"
    },
    "input_components": [
        {
            "name": "__MSG_imeUS__",
            "type": "ime",
            "id": "org.openvanilla.mcbopomofo.us",
            "indicator": "\u9ea5",
            "description": "McBopomofo",
            "language": "zh-TW",
            "layouts": [
                "us"
            ],
            "options_page": "options.html"
        },
        {
            "name": "__MSG_imeDvorak__",
            "type": "ime",
            "id": "org.openvanilla.mcbopomofo.us-dvorak",
            "indicator": "\u9ea5",
            "description": "McBopomofo",
            "language": "zh-TW",
            "layouts": [
                "us-dvorak"
            ],
            "options_page": "options.html"
        },
        {
            "name": "__MSG_imeColmak__",
            "type": "ime",
            "id": "org.openvanilla.mcbopomofo.us-colemak",
            "indicator": "\u9ea5",
            "description": "McBopomofo",
            "language": "zh-TW",
            "layouts": [
                "us-colemak"
            ],
            "options_page": "options.html"
        }
    ],
    "options_page": "options.html",
    "permissions": [
        "input",
        "background",
        "storage",
        "notifications",
        "tabs"
    ],
    "commands": {
        "toggle-chinese-convert": {
            "suggested_key": "Alt+Shift+G",
            "description": "__MSG_commandToggleChineseConvert__"
        }
    }
}