Install Brackets 1.2.0 Editor on Linux Ubuntu – How to install Brackets Editor on Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 14.04 – Brackets PPA (webupd8). Brackets is a free and open source text/code editor for web designers by Adobe.
The Brackets Editor comes with Inline Editors, Live Preview and Preprocessor Support. It also comes with useful features like Quick Edit and Code Preview.
What’s New in Brackets 1.2.0
- Code Editing
- Drag & drop to move selected text: Enable the dragDropText preference to drag and drop any selected text. Works with multiple selections too! (by Marcel Gerber)
- CSS color name code hints: Code hints for standard named colors in CSS/LESS/SCSS, with color swatch preview. (by Marcel Gerber)
- SVG code hints: For tags, attributes, and attribute values – also including named colors. (by Amin Ullah Khan)
- Dart syntax highlighting (by Marcel Gerber)
- Search
- Find/Replace scrollbar tickmarks highlight current match
- UI Appearance
- Windows High DPI support: Brackets automatically renders text, icons, and images more crisply on high-DPI displays (similar to the appearance on Mac Retina screens).
- Key Bindings
- Use additional named keys in custom key bindings: PageUp, PageDown, Home, End, Insert, Delete. Can be used by extensions or in user custom key bindings.
- Stability
- Windows: Improved window positioning: Brackets stays positioned onscreen after a monitor is unplugged or screen resolution is changed.
- Linux
- Remember last-opened file in File > Open dialog box: Now matches existing Mac & Windows behavior. (by Marcel Gerber)
- Localization
- Translation updates for: Chinese (Simplified), Czech, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Romanian, Serbian. (by Hanhua Hong, Pavel Dvořák, valtlait, Marcel Gerber, Goran Vasić, Micleușanu Nicu)
Install Brackets via webupd8 PPA
Run the following command to download and install the Brackets webupd8 team ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/brackets
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install brackets
Once installed, you can launch Brackets Editor:
In Ubuntu 14.04: From unity dash by typing “Brackets.”
In Linux Mint 17: Go to Menu > Programming > Brackets.
Un-Install and Remove Brackets
Run the following commands to un-install and remove Brackets Editor from Ubuntu systems:
sudo apt-get remove brackets
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:webupd8team/brackets