Brackets was deprecated in 2021 (officially moved to archived status). However, thousands of legacy projects and some design teams still use it because of its and inline editors (e.g., editing CSS rules directly from an HTML file). The extension ecosystem was once vibrant, with over 200 community extensions.

Imagine you are writing a simple extension that inserts the current date into the editor.

If you're interested in learning more about Ctrl+Shift+I and Brackets extensions, here are a few additional resources to check out:

: If an extension stops working after an update, the Console tab will display the specific JavaScript error causing the failure.

You create an extension that adds a button to the sidebar. The button doesn’t appear. Without DevTools, you’re blind. With Ctrl+Shift+I , you can: